Micro-Landscapes of the AnthropoceneMain MenuMarginal WorldsPlant WorldsAnimal WorldsAmy Huang, Natasha Stavreski and Rose RzepaWatery WorldsInsect WorldsBird-Atmosphere WorldsContributed by Gemma and MerahExtinctionsMarginal WorldsSam, Zach and AlexE-ConceptsAn emergent vocabulary of eco-concepts for the late AnthropoceneSigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d
On plant blindness
12021-03-03T21:18:00-08:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d309861plain2021-03-03T21:18:00-08:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dI have plant blindness. I notice them in the environment but not for themselves, they just seem to be there – the homogenous, unexamined greenery in the background. Plants seem like props on the stage of life, they set the scene for the other kinds of living (of humans and other animals) happening around them rather than living for themselves. Plants in urban environments seem especially unliving where humans constantly bustle around them hurrying here and there. Plants become furnishings for human comfort, appreciated not for themselves but for their use value, hardly different from a park bench. To counteract plant blindness and return urban plants back into beings rather than things, I propose a small dose of anthropomorphism; maybe when we pass plants —whether on campus or in the park— we should give them a friendly look and a nod, centring them as being rather than background.
1media/kaleidoscope-background-from-plant.jpgmedia/Mediterranean-Flowers-Planters-Summer-Home-Tuscany-742665.jpg2018-08-29T14:52:43-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7dFlower Tuscany and Plant Blindness5Annotated by Simonn Nguyenplain2018-10-17T23:19:48-07:00Sigi Jöttkandt4115726eb75e75e43252a5cbfc72a780d0304d7d