La chagra de la vida: Plant intelligence as becomings
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Project type
angewandte Forschung
Project start
01.01.2025
Project end
28.08.2025
Project status
abgeschlossen
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Abstract
The Amazonian Chagra is more than a food and medicinal garden—it is a site of mutualism where plants and humans co-create, communicate, and shape their shared environment. Rooted in Indigenous agroforestry, the Chagra fosters biocultural sovereignty through embodied exchanges of care, healing, and knowledge. This article explores plant intelligence beyond problem-solving, emphasizing meaning-making and intelligibility. Through fieldwork in Putumayo, I examine how plants and humans engage in reciprocal acts that shape land-use practices, sustain ecological balance, and redefine interspecies agency.
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School
Hochschule fĂĽr Gestaltung und Kunst Basel FHNW
Institute
Institut Kunst Gender Natur
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Schweizerischer Nationalfonds (SNF)
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Quinchoa Juajibioy, AyĂŞnan
Uribe Macias, Natalia
Uribe Macias, Natalia
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Keywords
Intelligibility
Indigenous Agriculture
Relationality
Agroforestry
Ethnomedicine
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Indigenous Agriculture
Relationality
Agroforestry
Ethnomedicine
Photo Essay