Orchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene

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dc.contributor.advisorTwidle, Hedley
dc.contributor.advisorGreen Lesley
dc.contributor.authorCroukamp, Bradley
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-30T14:03:14Z
dc.date.available2025-01-30T14:03:14Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2025-01-30T12:46:37Z
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene. It revolves around two African orchid species, one in Cape Town and one in Zimbabwe, and the care practices shown to these plants. The thesis explores the question: in what way does an orchid's status generate a level of institutional care that attempts to protect the plants? Chapter 1 explores the idea of orchid status through colonial collection. Chapter 2 focuses on the reactionary rules that came about after this exploitation. In addition, this chapter deals with the structure of CITES and what happens when orchids are over-collected because of their status. These ideas and themes of status and collection are applied to the case studies in Chapter 3, with special focus on field philosophy. Storytelling is used as the basis for Chapter 3, personal experience and primary research informs this chapter to interrogate care practices that surround the case studies . Major influences on the interactions throughout this thesis are theorists Anna Tsing, Thom Van Dooren, Donna Harraway and Amy Hinsley. These theorists deal with anthropogenic landscapes and ways of being that navigate the Anthropocene which is a lens used throughout this thesis in an attempt to answer the research question.
dc.identifier.apacitationCroukamp, B. (2024). <i>Orchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40847en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCroukamp, Bradley. <i>"Orchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2024. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40847en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCroukamp, B. 2024. Orchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40847en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Croukamp, Bradley AB - This thesis is an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene. It revolves around two African orchid species, one in Cape Town and one in Zimbabwe, and the care practices shown to these plants. The thesis explores the question: in what way does an orchid's status generate a level of institutional care that attempts to protect the plants? Chapter 1 explores the idea of orchid status through colonial collection. Chapter 2 focuses on the reactionary rules that came about after this exploitation. In addition, this chapter deals with the structure of CITES and what happens when orchids are over-collected because of their status. These ideas and themes of status and collection are applied to the case studies in Chapter 3, with special focus on field philosophy. Storytelling is used as the basis for Chapter 3, personal experience and primary research informs this chapter to interrogate care practices that surround the case studies . Major influences on the interactions throughout this thesis are theorists Anna Tsing, Thom Van Dooren, Donna Harraway and Amy Hinsley. These theorists deal with anthropogenic landscapes and ways of being that navigate the Anthropocene which is a lens used throughout this thesis in an attempt to answer the research question. DA - 2024 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Orchid Care KW - theoretical environmental care KW - orchids KW - Anthropocene LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2024 T1 - Orchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene TI - Orchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40847 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/40847
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCroukamp B. Orchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2024 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/40847en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciences
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Science
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectOrchid Care
dc.subjecttheoretical environmental care
dc.subjectorchids
dc.subjectAnthropocene
dc.titleOrchid Care: an exploration in experiential and theoretical environmental care practice shown to orchids through the Anthropocene
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMSc
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