Definition

Origins

Process

Josh Carter

plantaction (n.)

Defining plantaction

Plantaction (n.) — an act with plants that expresses, critiques, or reimagines relationships in the living world.

Plantactions transform ordinary vegetal matter into a medium of protest, pedagogy, or poetic expression.

The term brings together “plant” and “action” to describe how individuals and communities — artists, creative practitioners, citizens, farmers, gardeners and learners — use plants as co-performers, provocateurs and collaborators.

Plantaction is both concept and method. It proposes a pedagogical approach: learning through acts with plants that foreground embodied experience and material awareness.

 

Definition

Origins

Process

Josh Carter

plantaction (n.)

Defining plantaction

Plantaction (n.) — an act with plants that expresses, critiques, or reimagines relationships in the living world.

Plantactions transform ordinary vegetal matter into a medium of protest, pedagogy, or poetic expression.

The term brings together “plant” and “action” to describe how individuals and communities — artists, creative practitioners, citizens, farmers, gardeners and learners — use plants as co-performers, provocateurs and collaborators.

Plantaction is both concept and method. It proposes a pedagogical approach: learning through acts with plants that foreground embodied experience and material awareness.

 

Josh Carter

Geetanjali Sachdev (Ph.D)

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plantaction (n.)

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