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Social exchange and vegetative propagation: An untold story of British potted plants (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate )
Author(s) -
Ellen Roy,
Komáromi Réka
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
anthropology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1467-8322
pISSN - 0268-540X
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8322.12002
Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , narrative , selection (genetic algorithm) , reproduction , sociology , mode (computer interface) , media studies , computer science , ecology , biology , political science , law , literature , art , artificial intelligence , politics , operating system
Using data collected in Kent as part of the ‘British Homegardens Project’, we show how mode of reproduction in houseplants serves to increase biological fitness through selection and distribution through informal human social networks, and how those same modes lend themselves to the articulation and maintenance of social networks, instantiating memories and meanings, and providing opportunities for plant‐based narratives