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He also applied his method of plant systematization to humans, creating a hierarchy of whites at the top and blacks at the bottom.
BOTANICAL GARDEN (OSLO): A bench overlooking a Systematic Garden in the Tøyen Botanical Garden in Oslo is creating a furor among district politicians. On Thursday, it was decided to support a proposal from Gamle Oslo SV and Gamle Oslo Rødt in the district, Khrono writes.
This means that an invitation will now be sent to the Natural History Museum to remove a bench dedicated to Carl von Linné. The bank is in the Botanical Garden, very close to the Systematic Garden.
It was Universitas who first wrote about SV and Rødt’s proposal.
A minority made up of some representatives of the Conservatives, Liberals, the Labor Party and the Progress Party voted against the proposal.
DEDICATED: The bench is dedicated to Carl von Linné, known as the father of modern systematics.
Photo: Hanna Reppen Kvikstad (Mediehuset Nettavisen)
“Father of modern racism”
Carl von Linné was a Swedish physician, zoologist and botanist, best known for having worked with systematics in biology and for having introduced the system with Latin names for species, writes SNL.
However, according to Khrono, Rødt and SV believe that von Linné is also “associated with the onset of biological racism.”
He also transferred his method of systematizing plants to humans, creating a hierarchy of whites at the top and blacks at the bottom. The consequences have been, for example, the legitimization of the slave trade and colonialization, says SV politician Hasti Hamidi to Universitas.
MARKING: At the bottom of the bank is written the name of Carl von Linné.
Photo: Hanna Reppen Kvikstad (Mediehuset Nettavisen)
I can’t choose
During an Instagram post where the Natural History Museum publishes a photo of the bank, Hamidi writes the following:
“He is also the father of modern racism. A large part of Linnaeus’ scientific contribution consisted in systematizing people by race and color. He singles out research on international racism as one of the leading racist ideologues in history, while praising the botanical garden without even mentioning its racism and its contribution to the legitimation of colonialism and the slave trade. He divided people into four color categories (white, red, yellow, black) and added essential characteristics of the human hierarchy to the categories where whites were at the top and blacks were at the bottom. “
Jens Kristian Øvstebø (V) was one of those who voted against the proposal put forward by Rødt and SV.
– It is especially important to have a neutral narrative on what is the reason for the oldest educational institution in Norway. Everyone at the meeting agreed that people should not be divided into “races” as Linnaeus did, but it is possible to have a bank that reports on Linnaeus’ important contribution to science, while also reporting on what it is less good. Øvstebø says to Khrono.
Karenina Kriszat, Head of Communications at the Museum of Natural History, Karenina Kriszat informs Nettavisen that they are only aware of the case through the media and that they have not yet received any inquiries from SV or the Old Oslo city hall. She says museum management will take a position on the matter if they receive such a query.
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