Collection of REC concepts and lingo

Throughout our work we have come across terms and concepts that are useful, frustrating and/or challenging to articulate. At certain times, new words and expressions have emerged where we felt we didn’t have the language for things we were doing. To cite Jamaica Kincaid’s powerful essay “In History” on naming and categorizing, these terms have both a history and present in the way they get taken up in our mouths, our practices and so on. They have become part of the evolving lingo of our project, and we wanted to share and discuss a few of them here.

This collecting of terms was originally inspired by being asked to produce two glossary entries for the Plants By Numbers book. We also hope to include guest entries from collaborators when the opportunities arise!