The Society for Ethnobotany

August 6 (all times ET)

1:00 Aurora Prehn - The Dynamics of Biocultural Diversity: Lessons from a Changing Georgian Viticulture Landscape
1:07 Ella Vardeman - Caribbean medicinal plants and their effect on the vaginal microbiota
1:15 Harriet Gendall - Investigating the revitalization of ‘heritage' grains in the UK through the lens of “pillas” - a naked oat formerly cultivated in Cornwall
1:22 Karsten Fatur - Masculinity as a barrier to ethnobotanical research - a Balkan case study

1:30 Vartika Jain - Glimpse of Culture and Food traditions: ‘Basoda’ festival in Udaipur, India
1:42 Ana Christina Bibal - Customary forest practices, indigenous ecological wisdom and the historical policy dynamics of traditional Almaciga resin livelihood and forest conservation in Mount Mantalingahan, Palawan, Philippines
1:54 Harold Mamauag Carag - Emphasizing the "ETHNO" Component: Lessons from Ethnobotanical Studies in the Highland Terraces of Mayoyao, Ifugao, Philippines
2:06 Gus Le Breton - Unlocking the Hidden Potential of Africa's Underutilized Plants - Lessons from Two Decades of Growth in the Baobab Sector
2:18 Paul Kamau Mbugua – Sansevieria Ethnobotany
2:30 Abimbola Elizabeth Aponmade - African black liquid soap: antifungal and physiochemical properties
2:42 Vincent C. Porcher - Wild edible plant knowledge distribution and children insight in food scarcity regions: Mahafaly people from southern Madagascar
2:54 Godwin Anywar - Medicinal plants used by traditional medicine practitioners to boost the immune system in patients living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda
3:06 Idah Tichaidza Manduna - Mycotoxigenic fungal contamination in frequently traded medicinal plants in the Free State province, South Africa
3:18 James Lucas - Does ecological niche modeling look good on paper? Applying maximum entropy algorithms for tandem conservation of Nepalese Thymelaeaceae and the hand papermaking industries that depend on them

1:00 Alper Uzun - Traditional Use and Purposes of Medical Plants in Choman District, Erbil-Northern Iraq
1:12 Odeyemi Oluwasanmi Babatunde - Acaricidal activities of orange (Citrus sinensis) leaf extract against Amblyomma variegatum
1:24 Emily Grace Edwards - Inhibition of drug metabolizing cytochrome P450 enzymes by common herbal dietary supplements
1:36 David Lentz - Analyses of Environmental DNA from Reservoir Sediments Reveal Cityscapes at the Ancient Maya Center of Tikal
1:48 Susan Murch - Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) for modern foods and food security
2:00 Justine Law - Appalachia needs a more nuanced ginseng conservation narrative
2:12 Xitlali Aguirre-Dugua - The long-lasting uses of Crescentia sp. (Bignoniaceae) bowls in Mesoamerica
2:24 Guadalupe Maldonado Andrade - The Paradox of Culturally Useful Invasive Species: Southern Cattail (Typha domingensis) Crafts of Lake Patzcuaro, Mexico
2:36 Emily McClung de Tapia - Early prehispanic plant use in the northern Basin of Mexico: paleoethnoboanical evidence for an agricultural economy in transition
2:48 Michael Gonella - Checking My Motivations, Remembering My Grief
3:00 Puanani Anderson-Fung - De-Villainizing Ethnobotany: The view of a melanin challenged person of color
3:12 Elizabeth Schierbeek - Centering Indigenous Voices and Empowering Indigenous Research Partners: Decolonizing Ethnobotany via Community Position Statements

Please direct all questions about the program to John de la Parra, johndelaparra@fas.harvard.edu.