Traveling Cultures and Plants: The Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacy of Human MigrationsAndrea Pieroni, Ina Vandebroek The tremendous increase in migrations and diasporas of human groups in the last decades are not only bringing along challenging issues for society, especially related to the economic and political management of multiculturalism and culturally effective health care, but they are also creating dramatic changes in traditional knowledge, believes and practices (KBP) related to (medicinal) plant use. The contributors to this volume – all internationally recognized scholars in the field of ethnobiology, transcultural pharmacy, and medical anthropology – analyze these dynamics of traditional knowledge in especially 12 selected case studies. Ina Vandebroek, features in Nova's "Secret Life of Scientists", answering the question: just what is ethnobotany? |
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... Transnational Landscapes Andreana L. Ososki, Michael J. Balick, and Douglas C. Daly Chapter 2 39 Use of Medicinal Plants by Dominican Immigrants in New York City for the Treatment of Common Health Conditions: A Comparative Analysis with ...
... transnational migrations have gained momentum so that they now take place on a large scale in an increasingly urbanized and “globalized” world. Plural societies are as much a part of our reality today as the Internet, with some 140 ...
... transnational comparison between the Dominican Republic and New York City. In the latter environment, a higher number of distinct plant species was reported as compared to the urban and rural Dominican Republic study sites. This may be ...
... transnational levels. In chapter 9, Neil Carrier focuses on khat consumption within the Somali diaspora in the United Kingdom. Carrier emphasizes khat's social and cultural importance in the life of Somalis, and also its reception in ...
... Transnational Landscapes Andreana L. Ososki, Michael J. Balick, and Douglas C. Daly Introduction Ethnobotanical knowledge evolves as it is exchanged, transferred, and appropriated by people adapting to new surroundings and changing ...
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