Author: Jens Benöhr

  • Plants By Any Other Name

    Plants By Any Other Name

    By

    Jens Benöhr

    ,

    Constanza López

    and

    Kara Lena Virik

    in

    What’s in a name? Knowledge, power, and history, Jens Benöhr, Constanza López, and Kara Lena Virik argue. The scientific names of plants root botanical knowledge in colonial relationships. To decolonize ecology, we must embrace the pluriverse of knowing, naming, and living with the world.

  • Vegetal Diaspora and the Restless Life of Plants

    Vegetal Diaspora and the Restless Life of Plants

    By

    Jens Benöhr

    in

    While following the wandering of nalca across continents, Jens Benöhr mediates on migration, belonging, and the porous borders between human and plant life in our restless, planetary garden.