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====groworld HPI: SPECULATIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN PLANT INTERACTIONS===== | ====groworld HPI: SPECULATIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN PLANT INTERACTIONS===== | ||
- | by Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney, FoAM, Belgium | + | by Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney, |
“Our present global crisis is more profound than any previous historical crises; hence our solutions must be equally drastic. I propose that we should adopt the plant as the organizational model for life in the 21st century, just as the computer seems to be the dominant mental/ | “Our present global crisis is more profound than any previous historical crises; hence our solutions must be equally drastic. I propose that we should adopt the plant as the organizational model for life in the 21st century, just as the computer seems to be the dominant mental/ | ||
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HPI necessarily takes a symbiotic approach, being shaped by the questions it poses, such as; how can this two-way interface be realised? What assumptions are we making with regards to how we understand humans and plants? Do we need individual, specialised interfaces for each species, language or alkaloid, or are there more general approaches? How would they work? Where, or what is the point of contact between the humans and plants? How do we make the transition from machinic to organic? From boolean logic systems to systemic ecologic? What changes are required, and what further changes would occur in the plants, or humans using such interfaces? How does the nature of time, place and metabolic byproducts differ on each side of these interfaces? Are they reconcilable, | HPI necessarily takes a symbiotic approach, being shaped by the questions it poses, such as; how can this two-way interface be realised? What assumptions are we making with regards to how we understand humans and plants? Do we need individual, specialised interfaces for each species, language or alkaloid, or are there more general approaches? How would they work? Where, or what is the point of contact between the humans and plants? How do we make the transition from machinic to organic? From boolean logic systems to systemic ecologic? What changes are required, and what further changes would occur in the plants, or humans using such interfaces? How does the nature of time, place and metabolic byproducts differ on each side of these interfaces? Are they reconcilable, | ||
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====HUMAN PLANT INTERACTION==== | ====HUMAN PLANT INTERACTION==== | ||
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====HUMAN PLANT COMMUNICATION==== | ====HUMAN PLANT COMMUNICATION==== | ||
- | The notions of space, time, movement and persistence differ greatly between the human and botanical realms. Where human progress is often described as linear, the progression of plants is cyclical, seasonal. On a larger scale, humans and plants both occupy interdependent regional habitats, which temper and define them. Even though many processes within plants are fast, their growth is slow, balanced and steady, adapting to the environmental pressures and inner needs. In order to interface with plants, humans would need to go through a gradual time-unbinding((In the ' | + | The notions of space, time, movement and persistence differ greatly between the human and botanical realms. Where human progress is often described as linear, the progression of plants is cyclical, seasonal. On a larger scale, humans and plants both occupy interdependent regional habitats, which temper and define them. Even though many processes within plants are fast, their growth is slow, balanced and steady, adapting to the environmental pressures and inner needs. In order to interface with plants, humans would need to go through a gradual time-unbinding((In the ' |
The subtle processes of chemical communication gives the plant organs their shape and function, as well as ability to signal, attract (and repel), or feed other organisms. Can we enhance this type of embodied communication? | The subtle processes of chemical communication gives the plant organs their shape and function, as well as ability to signal, attract (and repel), or feed other organisms. Can we enhance this type of embodied communication? | ||
A successful HPI would undoubtedly help provide illumination or elucidation of the tantalising, | A successful HPI would undoubtedly help provide illumination or elucidation of the tantalising, | ||
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====HUMAN PLANT POLLINATION==== | ====HUMAN PLANT POLLINATION==== | ||
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An HPI could reveal possible futures where interactions between humans and plants moves from consumption, | An HPI could reveal possible futures where interactions between humans and plants moves from consumption, | ||
- | “Suddenly I realize | + | “Suddenly I realize\\ |
- | That if I stepped out of my body I would break | + | That if I stepped out of my body I would break\\ |
- | Into blossom.”4 | + | Into blossom.” |
====REFERENCES==== | ====REFERENCES==== |