this is a map of the wild edible plants in my neighborhood.
i walked by the river and snacked along the way
Pigeonwood is bitter –– Pennywort’s dull
i have to say my favorite is the big old Milk Plum
the one behind the big old rock
by the big old river
that’s the one, that’s my favorite
neither dull nor bitter
is the big old Milk Plum by the big old river
I collected the data for this experiment while walking around my old neighborhood in Eswatini. I only mapped out what I recognized – perhaps a reflection on mapping as a practice of visualizing knowledge rather than truth.
Sources:
Benzerga, Zohra. Edible Plants of the Mbuluzi. 2021.
WorldPop (www.worldpop.org – School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project – Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076).
Projection: EPSG:3857 – WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
