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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 […]

A Genalogy of Prejudice

The essay film combines images from different archives with critical reflection and condenses the vast research conducted over a year and a half for the exhibition Botannica Tirannica. A key piece of the project, the work discusses the forms through which racial, cultural, and gender prejudice has become scientifically based since the 19th century, ultimately […]

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