Este artigo examina o momento acadêmico da "Virada Vegetal" ou o que Natasha Myers chamou "The Plant Turn" (2015) na antropologia norte-americana e filosofia. É uma oportunidade de destacar o legado e continuar contribuições de cosmologias indígenas para a teoria social, sublinhando como as pessoas dentro-e-fora do pensamento ocidental há muito pensamos em "tornar-se-com" as plantas....
Moving among the laboratory, the Brazilian Amazon, and herbaria, this article cultivates a theoretical grafting of phytocommunicable strategies that stem from human interactions with ayahuasca and Arabidopsis, two plants that appear – at least geographically – worlds apart. Ayahuasca, a psychedelic Amazonian vine, represents the 'Philosopher Plant', guiding imbibers to greater self-knowledge...
Elaborating on conversational exchanges with a Brazilian shaman about biopiracy and interweaving scholarly literature from the ontological and ‘botanical’ turn, the author examines the disciplinary as well as the political ramifications of plant healers and practitioners – particularly indigenous ones – going largely uncited in plant‐centred discussions. In Brazil, indigenous claims for...