Faculty of Design

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Emily Dakin

Herbs for Resistance

Illustration
2021
Alexis Nikole aka Black Forager, is working to educate and empower people through herbalism and foraging, via her humorous and informative social media platforms. She reclaims "lost" knowledge that was otherwise deemed unimportant through the lens of colonialism and capitalism.

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Plants for Resistance
Plants for Resistance

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Emily Dakin aka. Emildee

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“History points to women as being the proprietors of herbal knowledge and the first ones to document and categorize herbs by their medicinal and toxic qualities. This ancestral knowledge lives on...” [More]