Foraging for a Future: New ways of being with spontaneous plants

Tamara Griffiths

doi:10.26581/B.GRIF01

Foraging for a Future: New ways of being with spontaneous plants

Tamara Griffiths

UHI North West and Hebrides

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Abstract

Based on more than five years participation in the Case Delle Erbe movement of the Apennine mountains of Central Italy, Foraging for a Future describes how spontaneous plants have become intrinsic to a social fabric involving an economy of exchange and living with greater freedom. It offers rare insights into a post-productive 'experience economy' that empowers people, and yet simultaneously decommodifies experiences - bypassing neoliberalism.

In this book, Tamara Griffiths enters into dialogue with Heideggerian thinking, which is applied to the Case Delle Erbe with surprising outcomes. The results illuminate experiences of intersubjectivity beyond humans, showing how we can re-understand ourselves in nature, to create space for reciprocal and rich relationships with more-than-human communities.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	UK
Number of pages	249
Volume	N/A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26581/B.GRIF01
Publication status	Published - 12 Aug 2025

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 15 Life on Land

Keywords

traditions, innovations, rurality, plant sentience, more-than-human, mountains, Italy, post-productive economy, experience economy, learning/education, gratitude

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