Nouvelles géographies de la collecte : Perspectives croisées sur les « cueilleurs » contemporains

Divergence and Convergence in Traditional Plant-Based Medicinal Practices of Haitian Migrants in Montreal, Miami and Cayenne

“…In line with current research in cultural geography on the circulation of medicinal plants (Bochaton, 2019;Dejouhanet & Bercegol, 2019;Tareau et al, 2019a), our comparative study of three cities with significant populations of Hai-tian migrants, mirroring other examples of diasporas (for instance, Moroccans), highlighted the persistence of phy-totherapy practices in a migrant context, fueled by transna-tional commercial and individual flows. It also demonstrates that these practices significantly differ from one place to another (there are mostly dried plants from Haiti in Mon-treal, and more fresh plants grown or gathered in Miami and Cayenne), depending on climate, rural or urban residence, and socioeconomic or cultural factors (standards of living, levels of education, administrative status, length of stay in the country, religious affiliation).…”