Plant Agency, Gender, and Ritual in Indigenous Tropical Cultivation Systems - Human Ecology Through an ethnographic and ethnobotanical investigation of Amazonian Shuar gardening practices, I aim to (1) unravel the basic and more complex relationships exhibited by Shuar gardening activities, ...

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This research compares Shuar horticultural practices with other Indigenous tropical gardeners, highlighting the role of plant agency in shaping cultivation systems.
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