Tag: nomenclature

Database of Botanical Racist, Colonialist, and Ofensive Common Names

This spreadsheet compiles a database of thousands of common botanical names that express prejudices through racist names and names honoring emperors, empresses, kings, and queens who promoted and profited from the enslavement and genocide of Indigenous and African peoples. It also includes antisemitic, anti-Romani, anti-Indigenous names, and a significant number of sexist names. The database is […]

TAXONOMY IS A TECHNOLOGY OF POWER. Photo: Juliana Thompson.

Taxonomy is a technology of power

Botannica Tirannica is punctuated by a series of phrases that serve as traces left by the extensive research carried out for the exhibition. Situated in openings in the walls, at floor height, in the interior and the exterior of the garden area, and at the exit of the exhibition, they abridge potential keys to understanding […]

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