The ‘Defining Ethnobotany Award’ was created in 2021 with the aim of diversifying perspectives on what ethnobotany means to people from various backgrounds and fields. Applicants for this award must be SEB student members and should create a <1 minute video responding to the question “What is ethnobotany to me?”. The video should express what ethnobotany... Continue Reading →
SEB course on Writing Papers – deadline 10th December
This is a reminder that the Society for Economic Botany is offering a course in writing research papers to members who are students or recent graduates.
A Fieldwork for carbon sequestration function of Hani Rice Terraced Ecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China
Fieldwork at the Hani Rice Terraced Ecosystem (Yunnan, China) for carbon sequestration.
An Ethnobotanical Fieldwork at the Shexian Dryland Stone Terraces System in China
A blogpost by Yu Bai about her fieldwork at the Shexian Dryland Stone Terraces System
河北省涉县石堰旱作梯田的民族植物学野外调查
白雨的博文 - 此次野外调查的地点是中国河北省的涉县
Citizen Science + Ethnobotany // Baiba Pruse
Baiba Pruse (research fellow from Ca'Foscari University of Venice, Italy - part of the DiGe project team) shares views on citizen science and ethnobotany in this recorded interview.
RECORDING // The Covid pandemic’s effect on access to fieldwork in ethnobotany and what it means for students
See the recording of an expert panel discussion about Covid-19 impacts on research.
Level up your fieldwork game: methods hacks from the pros
Drs. Robbie Hart, Nanci Ross, Blair Orr, Andrew Flachs, and Rainer Bussman kindly share tips and tricks to help you broaden your research arsenal in the field. By Kartsen Fatur.
Ethnobotany in the High Atlas – Evolving Indigenous Amazigh Landscapes in Morocco by Elspeth Mathau
A film and photo essay by Elspeth Masters on her fieldwork conducted at the University of Kent, Canterbury England in the School of Anthropology and Conservation.
To the love of ethnobotany and spirit of adventure
By Baiba Prūse with contribution of the ethnobotanical team from Institute for Environmental Solutions (Latvia).
The authors hope that the photo - essay will touch the young and emerging ethnobotanist especially in regard to the adventure ethnobotanical expeditions can bring on individual level. The following photos will reflect an ethnobotanical expedition from Latvia