Botanikkens koloniale rødder
Kulturhistorisk formidling af plantesamlinger i Storbritanniens botaniske haver
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https://doi.org/10.7146/ks.v13i2.134665Nøgleord:
Botaniske haver, dekolonisering, Storbritannien, Kew Gardens, University of OxfordResumé
Storbritanniens botaniske havers involvering i det Britiske Imperiums koloniale ekspansion er et velbelyst emne.1 Alligevel bærer formidlingen af denne del af havernes og planternes historie ikke præg af den samme kritiske stillingtagen, som den, mange etnografiske museer de seneste år er begyndt at præsentere for deres besøgende. I denne artikel, der er baseret på antropologisk feltarbejde i og omkring den botaniske have i Oxford og the Royal Botanic Gardens i Kew, viser jeg, hvordan den koloniale videnskabelige praksis fortsat udføres igennem navngivning af planter, samt hvordan plantesamlingernes koloniale ophav kun overfladisk præsenteres for havernes besøgende.
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