.ve-meta title=”Plant Humanities Lab” description=”Explore the cultural histories of plants and their influence on human societies.”
.ve-header label=”Plant Humanities Lab” logo=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jstor-labs/plant-humanities/main/images/phl-website-png-logo.png background=gh:jstor-labs/plant-humanities/images/header.jpg subtitle=”Explore the cultural histories of plants and their influence on human societies” contact=ron.snyder@ithaka.org url=/ sticky
Featured Plant Narratives
Maize: Sacred Plant, Global Commodity
Maize: Sacred Plant, Global Commodity
- Julia Fine
Black-Eyed Pea: Crop, Culture, Class
Black-Eyed Pea: Crop, Culture, Class
- Sarah Mallory, Emily Kamm, Haley Price, and Christina Hourigan
Tamarind: From Shady Refuge to Versatile Foodstuff
Tamarind: From Shady Refuge to Versatile Foodstuff
- Allison Fulton, Amara Santiesteban Serrano, and Jeannette Schollaert
Venus Flytrap: Queen of the Carnivorous Plants
Venus Flytrap: Queen of the Carnivorous Plants
- John R. Schaefer
Ayahuasca: Amazonian Plant Lessons
Ayahuasca: Amazonian Plant Lessons
- Ashley Thuthao Keng Dam, Diana Heredia-López, Rachael Nelson, and Erin Wrightson
Peanut: From Luxury Food to Livestock Feed
Peanut: From Luxury Food to Livestock Feed
- Maria Job, Elizabeth Chant, and Katherine Enright
Wild Yam: The Rhizome of the Pill
Wild Yam: The Rhizome of the Pill
- Kira Bre Clingen
Cryptomeria japonica: Climate Change, Cultivation, and Culture
Cryptomeria japonica: Climate Change, Cultivation, and Culture
- Kira Bre Clingen and Edyth Jostol
All Plant Narratives
Agave: A Plant with an Intoxicating History
Agave: A Plant with an Intoxicating History
- Ashley Buchanan
Arbor Vitae: In Search of the Tree of Life
Arbor Vitae: In Search of the Tree of Life
- Ashley Buchanan
Ayahuasca: Amazonian Plant Lessons
Ayahuasca: Amazonian Plant Lessons
- Ashley Thuthao Keng Dam, Diana Heredia-López, Rachael Nelson, and Erin Wrightson
Bananas: Chaos out of Order
- Ashley Buchanan
Black-Eyed Pea: Crop, Culture, Class
Black-Eyed Pea: Crop, Culture, Class
- Sarah Mallory, Emily Kamm, Haley Price, and Christina Hourigan
Boxwood: A Plant That Took Over the Garden World
Boxwood: A Plant That Took Over the Garden World
- Anatole Tchikine
Cacao: Indigenous Network to Global Commodity
Cacao: Indigenous Network to Global Commodity
- Rebecca Friedel
Carolina Rice: An Agricultural Legacy of Enslaved Peoples
Carolina Rice: An Agricultural Legacy of Enslaved Peoples
- Julia Fine
Cassava: From Toxic Tuber to Food Staple
Cassava: From Toxic Tuber to Food Staple
- Christina Emery, Rachel Hirsch, and Melinda Susanto
Cinnamomum verum: Discovering “True” Cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum: Discovering “True” Cinnamon
- Wouter Klein
Cryptomeria japonica: Climate Change, Cultivation, and Culture
Cryptomeria japonica: Climate Change, Cultivation, and Culture
- Kira Bre Clingen and Edyth Jostol
Dittany: Women’s Herbs and Reproductive Control
Dittany: Women’s Herbs and Reproductive Control
- Ashley Buchanan
Dracaena draco: The Mystery of Dragon’s Blood
Dracaena draco: The Mystery of Dragon’s Blood
- Thomas C. Anderson, Cati Kalinoski, and Lucas Mertehikian
Heliconia: Evolution at Work
- W. John Kress and Yota Batsaki
Maize: Sacred Plant, Global Commodity
Maize: Sacred Plant, Global Commodity
- Julia Fine
Mint: The Ubiquity of a Commercial Crop
Mint: The Ubiquity of a Commercial Crop
- Victoria Pickering
Peanut: From Luxury Food to Livestock Feed
Peanut: From Luxury Food to Livestock Feed
- Maria Job, Elizabeth Chant, and Katherine Enright
Pelargonium: By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet?
Pelargonium: By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet?
- Daisy Reid, Verónica Matallana Chaves, and Yao Jiang
Peony: Pretty and Powerful
- Ashley Buchanan
Sunflower: Knowledge, Myth, and Meaning
Sunflower: Knowledge, Myth, and Meaning
- Kristan M. Hanson
Tamarind: From Shady Refuge to Versatile Foodstuff
Tamarind: From Shady Refuge to Versatile Foodstuff
- Allison Fulton, Amara Santiesteban Serrano, and Jeannette Schollaert
Turmeric: Herb of the Sun
- Julia Fine
Venus Flytrap: Queen of the Carnivorous Plants
Venus Flytrap: Queen of the Carnivorous Plants
- John R. Schaefer
Watermelon: Stereotypes of Race and Class
Watermelon: Stereotypes of Race and Class
- Anna Lawrence, Camilo Uribe Botta, and May Wang
Wild Yam: The Rhizome of the Pill
Wild Yam: The Rhizome of the Pill
- Kira Bre Clingen
.ve-footer - A link