Planthology
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Title
Planthology
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Pathology
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Biological Sciences
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Radiology
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Fine Art
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Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Research
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African Studies
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Description
In conversation with Dr Yeats in 2011 about adding a few medicinal plants to the centre as part of its displays, she mentioned that no plants survived in there. They all seemed to die from some mysterious cause. I decided to source three medicinal plants, the Lessertia frutescens, Bulbine frutescens and Artemisia afra, and X-ray them to 'diagnose' what might be the cause of their demise. In subjecting the plants to this process and placing the x-ray images in a space that foregrounds the diagnosis of human disease, I intended to create a heterarchical shift in this relationship, considering a world in which the degree of care directed toward human ailments might be replicated in treating diseases manifest in the botanical world.
Access Rights
Pathology Learning Centre
Creator
Nina Liebenberg
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Date Created
2011
Source
Pathology Learning Centre
Resonances
pathology
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Thomas Kuhn
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mystery
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heterarchy
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disease
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indigenous
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medicine chest
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Type
Jpeg
Artwork
