With these ethics scenario, we aim to generate dialog among our membership about the ethical issues we encounter in our research. We encourage you to post your responses below, or submit them to the Ethics Committee Chair (ethics_chair@econbot.org).
A blogpost by Yu Bai about her fieldwork at the Shexian Dryland Stone Terraces System
白雨的博文 - 此次野外调查的地点是中国河北省的涉县
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.
Click here to view the results in PDF form: SEB student name change survey by Aja Grande, SEB Student Representative (2020-2021) Acknowledgements Thank you to all of the SEB students who participated in this survey! We hope that this informs generations of ethnobotanists to come about the significance of names and associations that come... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
By Matthew Bond, SEB At-large Student Committee Member, Botany PhD from the University of Hawai'i. When surveying plant diversity in the cloud forest, clear days are rare! This panorama looks down on the Lau Lagoon from the entrance to the cloud forest Have you ever dreamed of packing a bag and moving to a tropical island... Continue Reading →
Society for Economic Botany, Distinguished Economic Botanist 2015 - An Interview with Dr. Daniel Moerman by John de la Parra Reproduced from the SEB Newsletter "Plants and People" Spring and Fall 2015 This year, the Society for Economic Botany celebrates the achievements of Dr. Daniel Moerman by selecting him as the 2015 Distinguished Economic Botanist. Dr. Daniel... Continue Reading →
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