ANTH 491: Ethnobiology—Traditional Biological Knowledge in Contemporary Global Context (Rev. C6) Report a Broken Link

Unit 1: Introduction to Ethnobiology


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Unit 2: Ethnobiological Classification


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Read sections 7.5 to 7.9 on pages 205–221.

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Unit 3: Ethnobotany and Plants as Foods


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Unit 4: Plants as Medicines


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Unit 5: Plants for Technology


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Unit 6: Ethnozoology


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Unit 7: Animals and World View—Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Alaska


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Please read the following excerpts:

  • In the section “There Was Just Animals Before,” read: “Animal Transformations.”
  • In the section “Dreaming All the Bottom of the Water,” read: “Introduction.”
  • In the section “The Same Respect You Give Yourself,” read: “Introduction,” “Mortuary Deposition,” and “Animals and Women.”

Unit 8: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Traditional Environmental Management


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Unit 9: Contemporary Issues—Traditional Cultures, Resource Management and Conservation, and Traditional Knowledge and Intellectual Property


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