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| Plantationocene | 3/3 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantationocene | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T07:11:57.333864+00:00 | kb-cron |
== Critiques == The Plantationocene and other proposed alternatives to the Anthropocene have been criticized for being unnecessary or "silly". Some scholars claim that despite its imperfections, the Anthropocene has value in that it draws attention to the detrimental impacts of certain human actions on the global environment and incites action in a way that other terms do not. Others represent models of modern life using the -cene suffix as inherently Eurocentric and thereby problematic. The initial proposal of the Plantationocene by Haraway et al. has also drawn criticism for inadequately considering racial dynamics and Black scholarship on the plantation. Davis et al. discuss how their emphasis on multi-species considerations, at the expense of taking human considerations into account, ignores the way that slavery, racial struggle, and anti-Blackness specifically impacted plantation systems and the way they persist in the modern day. Critics point to significant existing publications regarding the long-lasting impacts of plantations on Black communities, which Haraway and her colleagues do not cite. Another example of this critique comes from Mythri Jegathesan, who takes a Black feminist perspective and posits that the quote by Noboru Ishikawa in the conversation when the Plantationocene was initially coined, "plantations are just the slavery of plants", limits the definition of the plantation and overlooks complex socio-political dynamics. She expands the argument to examine interspecies dynamics post-plantation with a specific focus on racial and caste considerations. A similar argument has also been put forward with respect to Indigenous studies, claiming that the Plantationocene fails to address the impacts of the plantation on Indigenous peoples or engage with Indigenous scholarship. Many critics also posit that characterizing the current era as the Plantationocene restricts discussion and imaginings of alternative realities and modes of living which are being developed and practiced outside of plantation logics.
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