Seminar: Colonial Botany – Forskning, botanik, økonomi i Danmarks koloniimperium
INFO OM SEMINARET (DK/UK)
På dette seminar dykker vi dybere ned i den forskning, der ligger til baggrund for den aktuelle særudstilling Colonial Botany.
I tre spændende oplæg kommer vi helt tæt på det den enorme mængde data der blev produceret i forbindelse med indsamling og forskning i botanik i de danske kolonier fra slutningen af det 18. århundrede til begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede.
Seminaret ser også nærmere på kolonialismens økonomiske og videnskabelige mekanismer.
Arbejdet med botanisk indsamling og tilblivelsen af herbarier er en fortælling om forskning på tværs af grænser, samarbejde, men også om kolonialismen og dens spor, der trækkes gennem hvert indsamlet blad og stængel.
Colonial Botany er en del af forskningsprojektet: ”Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange” som er udarbejdet på Statens Naturhistoriske Museums ‘Herbarium C’ og støttet af Augustinus Fonden.
Colonial Botany – Research, botany, economics in Denmark’s colonial empire
Throughout this seminar, we’ll explore the research behind the current special exhibition Colonial Botany.
The three exciting presentations will bring us closer to the massive amount of data produced through the collection and research in botany in the Danish colonies from the late 18th to the 20th century.
The seminar will take a closer look at the inner workings of colonialism; both economics and science played a part.
The work carried out by botanists and the creation of herbaria is a story of scientific research across borders, cooperative research, but also about colonialism and its presence in each collected leaf and stem.
Colonial Botany is a part of the research project: ”Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange” with work done at ‘Herbarium C’ at National History Museum Denmark, and supported by the Augustinus Foundation.
PROGRAM (DK/UK)
15:30 – Ankomst og kage/kaffebord i museets Havestue
16:10 – Velkomst og introduktion i Mindlab
16:20 – Martha Fleming: Bomuld på de Caribiske Øer
16:55 – Pause
17:10 – Olivia Trude Struve: Botaniske udvekslinger mellem Johan Eugenius og Morten Porsild
17:45 – Pause
18:00 – Casper Andersen: Taksonomi og økonomisk botanik i Vestafrika
18:35 – Tak for i dag
15:30 – Arrival, cake & coffee in Havestuen
16:10 – Welcome and introduction in Mindlab
16:20 – Martha Fleming: Cotton in the Caribbean
16:55 – Break
17:10 – Olivia Trude Struve: Botanical exchanges between Johan Eugenius and Morten Porsild
17:45 – Break
18:00 – Casper Andersen: Taxonomy and economic botany in West Africa
18:35 – Thank you and goodbye
INFO OM FOREDRAGENE (DK/UK)
Martha Fleming:
Bomuld på de Caribiske Øer: Ober Conducteur von Rohrs 1783-ekspedition for det danske Kommercekollegie
Foredraget tager udgangspunkt i forskningsprojektet ”Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange” og demonstrerer hvordan man kan bruge historiske præparater af nytteplanter fra de danske nationalherbarier til at fortælle historien om kolonisering og plantagekultur.
Cotton in the Caribbean: Ober Conducteur von Rohr's 1783 Expedition for the Danish Kommercekollegiet
Beginning with an overview of the 'Field/Work in the Archive' research project, this presentation will demonstrate what can be done with historical specimens of economic plants from the Danish National Herbarium in order to tell histories of colonisation and plantation cultures.
Olivia Trude Struve:
Botaniske udvekslinger mellem Johan Eugenius og Morten Porsild
Foredraget vil, indledningsvist, introducere inuk Johan Eugenius’ botaniske indsamlingspraksis og hans udvekslinger med den danske botaniker Morten P. Porsild i perioden 1920 til 1934. Dernæst retter vi fokus mod to historiske indsamlinger af Andromeda polifolia (rosmarinlyng), samt andet relevant arkivmateriale, for at øge vores forståelse af forholdet mellem Eugenius og Porsild og deres fælles vidensproduktion.
Botanical exchanges between Johan Eugenius and Morten Porsild
This presentation will begin with a general introduction to Inuk Johan Eugenius’s practice of collecting botanical specimens and his exchanges with the Danish botanist Morten P. Porsild between 1920 and 1934. Building on this, we will take a closer look at two historical specimens of Andromeda polifolia (bog-rosemary), and additional archival material, to deepen our understanding of the relationship between Eugenius and Porsild and their knowledge production.
Casper Andersen:
Taksonomi og økonomisk botanik i Vestafrika. Skabelsen af Isert og Thonnings samlinger 1787-1829.
Foredraget tager os på en rejse fra København til kystregionerne i Vestafrika, og tilbage i tiden til 1800. Vi ser for botanikerne Paul Isert og Peter Thonning indsamlingspraksisser i Vestafrika, og den langstrakte udgivelsesproces i København af samlingen der nu bærer deres navne. Formålet med dette er at vise hvordan økonomisk botanik var en bærende funktion mellem videnskab og kolonialisme i en periode af store forandringer på begge kontinenter.
Taxonomy and economic botany in West Africa. The making of Isert and Thonnings collection 1787-1829.
This presentation takes us from Copenhagen to the coastal regions of West Africa and back in the years around 1800. I will discuss the collecting practices of botanists Paul Isert and Peter Thonning and the protracted publication process surrounding the collection that now carries their names. The purpose is to show how economic botany was a key hinge between science and colonialism during a period of profound change on both continents.
INFO OM OPLÆGSHOLDERNE (DK/UK)
Martha Fleming
Martha Fleming er den ledende forsker på projektet”Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange,” fra Statens Naturhistoriske Museum, hvor hun er gæsteforsker. Hun er også lektor ved Novo Nordisk Center for Practice-based Art Studies på Københavns Universitet. Hun har gennem sin karriere været forsker eller ledende forsker ved Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Medicinsk Museion, The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, og Natural History Museum London, og var den første programchef ved Centre for Collections-Based Research på University of Reading.
Martha Fleming is the Principal Investigator of the research project “Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange” based in the Natural History Museum of Denmark where she is a Guest Researcher. She is also an Associate Professor at the Novo Nordisk Center for Practice-based Art Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Over many years, she has held research and/or research management positions at Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Medicinsk Museion, The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Natural History Museum London, and was the inaugural Programme Director of the Centre for Collections-Based Research at the University of Reading.
Olivia Trude Struve
Olivia Trude Struve er ph.d.-stipendiat ved Aarhus Universitet, hvorfra hun også har sin bachelor- og kandidatuddannelse i idéhistorie. Tidligere har hun været tilknyttet projektet Field Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange først som praktikant og senere som forskningsassistent. Hun arbejder nu på sit eget ph.d.-projekt med titlen Specimens, Silence, and Science: Hybrid Knowledge Exchanges and Epistemic Injustice in Denmark–Greenland Plant Histories, 1880–1940. Forskningen placerer sig i et krydsfelt af kolonihistorie og videnskabshistorie ved at fokusere på botanisk vidensproduktion i relationen mellem Danmark og Grønland.
Olivia Trude Struve is currently a PhD fellow at Aarhus University, where she also completed her BA and MA in the history of ideas. Previously involved in the project Field Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange as both an intern and research assistant, she is now pursuing her own PhD project titled Specimens, Silence, and Science: Hybrid Knowledge Exchanges and Epistemic Injustice in Denmark–Greenland Plant Histories, 1880–1940. This research bridges questions of colonial history and science by focusing on botanical knowledge production in the relation between Denmark and Greenland.
Casper Andersen
Casper Andersen er medforsker i forskningsprojektet ”Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange.” Han er professor i Idéhistorie ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund på Aarhus Universitet. Han har udgivet mange artikler om forskningshistorie, teknologi og imperialisme samt den intellektuelle historie om dekolonisering.
Casper Andersen is co-Investigator in the research project “Field/Work in the Archive: Herbaria as Sites of Cultural Exchange”. He is Professor in history of ideas and science at the school of culture and society at Aarhus University. He has published extensively on the history of science, technology and empire as well as the intellectual history of decolonization.
Bemærk: Seminaret er åbent for alle, mod fremvisning af billet. Billetten inkluderer adgang til særudstillingen Colonial Botany, som vi opfordrer alle til at besøge enten før eller efter dagens program. For besøg i museets resterende udstillinger skal der købes almindelig entrébillet.
Please be adviced: The seminar is a ticketed event open to all. The ticket includes entry to the special exhibition Colonial Botany in the Museum Garden. We recommend visiting the exhibition before or after the seminar. Access to the rest of the museum requires buying a standard ticket.
