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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings &
Segues |
Laboratory |
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1 |
Introduction |
Balick & Cox 1996
pages 1-23
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Orientation |
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May 28 |
1.
Opening
Oli
2.
Introduction
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Library &
Information Science
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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2 |
Who Leads? People or Plants?
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No assigned readings
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Plants &
Migrations |
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May 30 |
1.
Guns, Germs & Steel
2.
Transported Landscapes
3.
Origins of Plant Uses
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History
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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3 |
An Ocean in Mind |
Abbott 1992
pages 1-44
Balick & Cox 1996
pages 98-113
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Fruits &
Vegetables |
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June 2 |
1.
Evolution of Pacific Cultures
2.
Lapita Toolkits
3.
Canoe Plants:
Five Pacific Trees
4.
Crops in Pacific Island Cultures
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Linguistics
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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4 |
What's Really for Dinner
Major Crops |
Abbott 1992 pages 43-44
Balick
& Cox 1996 pages 63-97
Chock
1968 pages 221-238
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Home
Gardens |
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June 4 |
1.
Wild Plant Foods
2.
Foraging
3.
Origins of Agriculture
4.
World Food Crops
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Nutrition
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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5 |
The Spice of Life
Maritime Center Worksheet
Due by June 6 |
Abbott 1992 pages 45-48 and
93-96
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 132-141
Nguyen
2005
pages
185-196
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Limu |
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June 6 |
1.
Limu (Algae)
2.
Cultural and Culinary Ethnobotanical Knowledge
3.
Spices and Herbs
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Marine
Biology
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
|
6 |
Kava and Ceremonial Beverages
|
Abbott 1992 pages 42-43 and
113-116
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 160-164
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Spices, Flavors & Essential Oils |
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June 9 |
1.
Stimulating Beverages
2.
Alcoholic Beverages
3.
'awa and Cultural Conservation
|
A.
Psychology
B.
Chemistry
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HOLIDAY - June 11 -
Kamehameha Day
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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7 |
I'll Drink to That!
Plant Chemistry and Spices
|
Balick
& Cox 1996 pages 145-177
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Beverages |
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June 13 |
1.
Entering Another World
2.
Psychoactive Plants I
3.
Psychoactive Plants II
|
A.
Plant
Pathology
B.
Mycology
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June 13 |
Midterm Examination |
All readings, discussions &
videos |
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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8 |
So Bitter, So Strong! |
Balick
& Cox 1996 pages 25-52
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Biotechnology |
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June 16 |
1.
Illness and Medicine in Cultural Settings
2.
Making Sense of Plant Medicines
3.
Herbal Remedies
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Medicine
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
|
9 |
Peaceful Warriors
Foster Botanical Garden Worksheet
Due
by June 18 |
Abbott 1992 pages 97-104
Balick
& Cox 1996 pages 53-61
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Herbal Medicine |
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June 18 |
1.
Polynesian Herbal Medicine
2.
Rotuman Health Care
3.
Hawaiian Health Care
4.
Chinese Traditional Medicine
5.
Medicinal Plants in the Hidden Land of Dolpo
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Sustainable Agriculture
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
|
10 |
Maintaining the Beat:
Tapa, Paper, Cloth, and Cordage |
Abbott 1992 pages 49-63 and
117-122
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 93-95
and 125-128
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Ethnomusicology |
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June 20 |
1.
A Plant
Walk with Hula Plants
2.
Kuo Hina E Hiapo
3.
Felted Bark: Kapa/Tapa
4.
Recollection of a Family
Tradition |
A.
Plant
Anatomy
B.
Mathematics and Music
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
|
11 |
Folk Taxonomy
Bishop Museum Worksheet
Due by June 23 |
Abbott 1992 pages 64-70
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Cloth, Fibers & Cordage |
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June 23 |
1.
Why are Plants Useful to Us?
2.
What Makes Plants Waterproof?
3.
Taxonomy
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Botany
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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12 |
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Written Assignment
Due by June 25 |
Abbott 1992
pages 64-70
Balick
& Cox 1996 pages 99-143
|
Lo`i, Community Gardens,
Landscapes |
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June 25 |
1.
Hawaiian
Housing Materials
2.
Shelter and Cultural Identification with Nature
3.
Architecture
& Historic Buildings
4.
Home Gardens
|
Horticulture |
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
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13/
14 |
Saving Culture and the Environment
All Extra Credit
Due by June 27 |
Balick & Cox 1996
pages 128-132 and 179-208
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Ecology & Conservation/ Project
Presentations |
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June 27 |
1.
Ethnoecology and Conservation
2.
Ethnobotany and Conservation in Africa
3.
Carving a Future: 10
Lessons for Sustainable Woodcarving
4.
Ethnobotany and Conservation in Micronesia
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Ecology
|
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
|
15 |
Faith and Science
|
Abbott
1992 pages 113-118
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Project Presentations |
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June 30 |
1.
Ethics
2.
Buddhism and Plants
3.
Christianity and Plants
|
A.
Segue Evaluation
B.
Science
Education |
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Week |
Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
|
16 |
Final Exams
as scheduled
|
All
readings, discussions and
videos since the mid-term exam
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July 2 |
Final Examination |
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