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Wasntjust a science project. it was also a commercial, exploitative project, exploiting indigenous peoples, their plant knowledge and their plants in the farest corners of the world. without doubt. kew, for 200—plus years, sent plant—collecting trips all around the world. now, those individuals on those trips were entirely reliant on local knowledge, understanding the attributes of plants, the location of plants — cinchona, for instance, the plant that provides the bark for malaria. it was...

Wasntjust a science project. it was also a commercial, exploitative project, exploiting indigenous peoples, their plant knowledge and their plants in the farest corners of the world. without doubt. kew, for 200—plus years, sent plant—collecting trips all around the world. now, those individuals on those trips were entirely reliant on local knowledge, understanding the attributes of plants, the location of plants — cinchona, for instance, the plant that provides the bark for malaria. it was...

That we re—examine our history, including our colonial imperial history. kew is absolutely a product of empire, without doubt... deeply rooted, to coin a phrase thats very relevant, deeply rooted in colonialism. i think thats true, yes. kew was set up in the mid—19th century, its formation in the mid—19th century, in a sense, as a vehicle of empire. economic botany, moving valuable plants around the empire, was absolutely central to kew�*s public purpose... yeah, so this wasnt... from th...

Including our colonial imperial history. kew is absolutely a product of empire, without doubt... deeply rooted, to coin a phrase thats very relevant, deeply rooted in colonialism. i think thats true, yes. kew was set up in the mid—19th century, its formation in the mid—19th century, in a sense, as a vehicle of empire. economic botany, moving valuable plants around the empire, was absolutely central to kew�*s public purpose... yeah, so this wasnt... from the very beginning, it wasntjust a s...

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A science question that youve always wanted answered it and were happy to help out and send it to us as a video text ovoid smell if we answer it on the show well send you a little surprise as a thank you can i just ask. youll find as i do w dot com slash science or drop us a line at e w underscore site tech on facebook d.w. dots is. the naturalist alexander from home but who explored large areas of south america rose about the healing properties of the rind of the cinchona tree which indigenous ...