[MPWG] Food For Thought: 21st Century Perspectives on Ethnobotany, 24-25 September 2010, NMNH

Emanuela Appetiti ceo at medicaltraditions.org
Fri Sep 10 13:07:52 CDT 2010



Reminder: 

REGISTER ONLINE BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2010 

The Office of the
Associate Director for Research and Collections will cover the registration
on a first-come, first-served basis for NMNH staff members and their
postdoctoral fellows. This registration fee covers the costs of the
symposium sessions, receptions, a boxed lunch, and the Saturday symposium
dinner. On the registration page, check the "Smithsonian Staff" box. 


Smithsonian Botanical Symposium 

September 24-25, 2010 

_ __Hosted by
the Departments of Botany_ _and Anthropology, NMNH_ 

_In collaboration
with the United States Botanic Garden_ 

_Supported by the Cuatrecasas
Family Foundation___ 

_"FOOD FOR THOUGHT: 21ST CENTURY PERSPECTIVES ON
ETHNOBOTANY"___ 

People are dependent upon plants for food, clothing,
medicine, fuel and other necessities of life. Humans and plants have
interacted for as long as humans have existed, but our relationship is not
static. Since the advent of agriculture we have exerted evolutionary
pressure on plants that are of importance to us. Indigenous and
industrialized societies have interacted with plants in their environments
and influenced not only crop plants, but also cultural landscapes. The
Symposium will examine the 21st century transformation of the study of
interactions between plants and people. The invited speakers will cover a
wide range of topics: from the role molecular biology now has in
elucidating crop domestication to the ways in which peoples across myriad
ecosystems interact with specific plants and landscapes. 

SPEAKERS 

·
Ruth Defries
Columbia University   

· Kenneth M. Olsen
Washington
University in St. Louis  

· Eve Emshwiller
University of Wisconsin   

·
Torben Rick
National Museum of Natural History  

· Cameron L.
McNeil
Lehman College, The City University of New York   

· Julie
Velásquez Runk
University of Georgia  

· Allison Miller
St. Louis
University   

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24   

 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.   

Opening
Reception, The United States Botanic Garden  

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25   


8:30 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.   

Lectures and Discussion, Baird Auditorium, NMNH 


 5:45 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.    

Reception and Dinner, Museum Rotunda, NMNH 


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