by Aja Grande, Ph.D. Student of civic infrastructures and land ecologies as spaces of subject formation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the department of History, Anthropology, Science, Technology & Society (HASTS). *The following is an excerpt from a paper in progress. I welcome the opportunity to note how quickly one's customs and... Continue Reading →
Accepting workshop proposals: SEB / ISE Conference 2020, Kingston, Jamaica
SUBMIT to the SEB / ISE 2020 conference – we have a call for workshops (deadline 15 January) and for abstracts that fit within 12 Symposium Themes organized according to 7 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ! Click here to submit workshop proposals on the official SEB website. Out of Many, One People: Biocultural Diversity across... Continue Reading →
Local and diaspora plants in African Alliance of RI community garden — Food Sovereignty
A blog post about a recent community engagement excursion–led and written by Society for Economic Botany Student Representative, Aja Grande, Ph.D. student in History, Anthropology, Science, Technology & Society at MIT. Wednesday, September 19, 2019 Providence, RI On the corner of Elma Street and Prairie Avenue sits an abundant garden plot belonging to the African... Continue Reading →
8 tips to make the most of the 2019 SEB conference!
By Matthew Bond, SEB At-large Student Committee Member, Botany PhD from the University of Hawai'i. If you enjoy learning about people and the environment, you're in for a treat- registration for the Society for Economic Botany (SEB) annual conference is now open! Here are some suggestions for making the most of this special opportunity, especially for... Continue Reading →
Life as a Journal Editor
I (Danielle Cicka) had the honor and pleasure to sit down with Dr. Myles Axton, Chief Editor of Nature Genetics, for the SEB student blog to give students a sense of what a career as an editor looks like and in this discussion, he also touches upon the publishing of interdisciplinary subjects such as botany.... Continue Reading →
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – SEB STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ELECT
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - SEB STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ELECT POSITION Society for Economic Botany – Student Representative-elect LENGTH OF TERM 8 June 2018 – June/July 2020 ABOUT THE POSITION The Student Representative-elect serves a two-year term on the Society for Economic Botany, first as the Vice President of the Student Committee and then as the... Continue Reading →
Catalyzing Advocacy in Ethnobotany
Written by Grady Zuiderveen From March 18 to March 21 nearly 200 upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in science and engineering from across the country descended on Washington DC for a three-and-a-half-day workshop on catalyzing advocacy in science and engineering (CASE) sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The workshop provided... Continue Reading →
SEB Conference Awards – 7 March 2018
This year the SEB awill be providing eight travel awards for students to attend our joint conference in Madison, Wisconsin (3 - 7 June 2018). Four awards will be granted to student and postdocs, and another 4 will be dedicated to members from developing countries or countries recently affect by natural disasters. The deadline is... Continue Reading →
Indigenous Biocultural Exchange Fund
Great opportunity to sponsor you or our SEB affiliates! The Indigenous Biocultural Exchange (IBEX) Fund provides financial assistance to an individual to attend global biocultural events/exchanges or meetings of international significance which impacts the applicant’s home territory or region. This fund supports indigenous peoples and local communities to have a voice in the policies and... Continue Reading →
International Congress of Ethnobiology (7-10 August 2018)
The 16th International Congress of Ethnobiology will convene this summer in Belém, Brazil (7-10 August 2018). Please submit your proposals for organized sessions (academic, policy, cultural performance), workshops, mini-courses, and thematic film festivals open through 31 January 2018. For more information please see:https://www.ise2018belem.com/