| Date |
Topic |
Tasks |
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Aug 20 Monday |
Introduction |
Read Salick et al. 2003
|
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Aug 22 Wednesday |
Building an ethnobotany portfolio |
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Aug 24
Friday |
Plants I Know Exercise |
Submit first draft of CV |
|
Aug 27 Monday |
Asking Scientific Questions |
Read McClatchey 2006, Ford 1994
|
|
Aug 29 Wednesday |
Transported Landscapes |
Read Sauer 1952 ch 1,
Crosby 1986 (optional)
|
Aug 31
Friday |
Make a Landscape Exercise |
Submit first draft of
Research Hypotheses |
|
Sep 03
Monday |
Holiday: Labor Day |
|
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Sep 05
Wednesday |
Localization of Global Plants |
Read Sauer 1952 chs 2-3,
Diamond 1997 (optional)
|
Sep 07
Friday |
Stereotype Plants Exercise |
|
|
Sep 10 Monday |
Ethnographic Methods |
Read Alexiades 1996,
Bernard 2002 (optional)
|
|
Sep 12
Wednesday |
Participant Observation |
Read Spradley 1980 ch 9
|
Sep 14
Friday |
Questionnaire Exercise |
|
|
Sep 17
Monday |
Human Subjects
|
Read Davis & Wagner 2004
|
|
Sep 19 Wednesday |
Ethics and Dilemmas
|
Read Posey 1990
|
Sep 21
Friday |
Human Subjects Exercise |
Submit first draft of
Questionnaire |
|
Sep 24
Monday |
Voucher Specimens |
Read Cunningham 1996,
Wormersley 1976
(Optional)
|
|
Sep 26 Wednesday |
Working with Plants |
|
Sep 28
Friday |
Herbarium Exercise |
Submit first draft of
Informed Consent Form |
|
Oct 01 Monday |
Folk Taxonomy |
Read Berlin 1992 ch 1
|
|
Oct 03
Wednesday |
Traditional Botanical Knowledge |
Read Dupre 1999,
Zent 2001
|
Oct 05
Friday |
Taxonomy Exercise |
|
|
Oct 08
Monday |
Home Gardens
Home Garden Surveys |
Read Peters et al. 1989,
Wester & Yongvanit 1995, Nazarea 1998
(optional) |
|
Oct 10 Wednesday |
Markets
|
Read Nguyen 2005
|
Oct 12
Friday |
Market or Garden Exercise |
|
Oct 15
Monday |
Diet Inventory |
Read Martin 2003,
Wester & Chuensanguansat 1994
|
|
Oct 17 Wednesday |
Human Activity Studies |
Read McClatchey et al. 2004
|
Oct 19
Friday |
Diet Inventory Exercise |
Submit first
version of Voucher Specimens |
Oct 22
Monday |
Psychoactive Plants |
Read... |
|
Oct 24 Wednesday |
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|
Oct 26
Friday |
Psychoactive Exercise |
Submit first draft of Digital
Poster |
Oct 29
Monday |
Ethnopharmacology
Medical Ethnography |
Read Browner et al. 1988,
Etkin 1993,
Phillips 1996,
O'Fallon & Dearry 2002 |
|
Oct 31 Wednesday |
Cross-Cultural Toxidromes |
Read Sawyer et al. 1996,
Sitholes et al. 2002 |
Nov 02
Friday |
Ethnopharmacology Exercise |
|
Nov 05
Monday |
Holiday: Election Day |
|
|
Nov 07 Wednesday |
Spatial Scales & Mapping |
Read Cunningham 2001 ch 6,
Zent 1996 |
Nov 09
Friday |
Mapping Exercise |
Submit
first draft of Research Methods |
Nov 12
Monday |
Holiday: Veterans Day |
|
|
Nov 14 Wednesday |
Biological and Cultural Diversity
|
Read Berkes 1999 ch 4, Peters 1996, Nettle & Romaine 2000 (optional) |
Nov 16
Friday |
Diversity Exercise |
Submit first draft of Research
Project |
Nov 19
Monday |
Ecosystem Services
|
Read Turner et al. 2003,
Veeman & Luckert 2002,
Daily 1997 (optional) |
|
Nov 21 Wednesday |
Measuring Ecosystem Services |
Natures Services (on-line), Ecosystem Services (on-line)
|
Nov 23
Friday |
Holiday: Invasion Day |
Consider plants in Holidays |
|
Nov 26 Monday |
Ethnobotany Databases |
Read Step & Thomas 2005
|
|
Nov 28 Wednesday |
Intellectual Property Rights |
Read Colchester 2004,
MacKay & Caruso 2004
|
Nov 30
Friday |
Student Projects |
|
|
Dec 03
Monday |
Student Projects |
|
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Dec 05 Wednesday |
Student Projects |
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Dec 14 |
Final
Exam |
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