Estelle Platini<p>"As the foundation of modern political systems, the nature/culture divide had profound consequences for the production of a ‘science of man’, distinguishing between men and women, body and mind, civilised and savage, and arguably human and semi-human.<br>[…]<br>"Since the first steps of Columbus, the ‘colonial bioprospecting’ has been inventorying plant, mineral and animal species for profit. To it was added an ‘ethnoprospecting’, i.e. a universal census and classification of human species, which are also thought to have ‘different natures’. By becoming ‘as diverse as nature itself’, humanity is broken down into phenotypes rather than geographical origins, and we slide from a descriptive vision to a normative view, predisposed to hierarchy."</p><p>Sylvie Laurent in "Capital et race : Histoire d'une hydre moderne"</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/SylvieLaurent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SylvieLaurent</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/raceMaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raceMaking</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/eugenism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eugenism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discovery</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Colombus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colombus</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/plantations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantations</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NewWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewWorld</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ownership</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hierarchy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/supremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supremacy</span></a></p>