36th Annual Meeting, Denton, TX, May 15–18, 2013. "Climate Change and Ethnobiology"
Free Cider Tasting Workshop
Will McClatchey, David Reedy, and Keri McNew of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas will lead an experimental cider tasting at UNT (conference venue). Participants will taste and report their perceptions of cider diversity from many different regions of Europe and North America. Data are being used as part of a larger analysis of hidden biochemical diversity within traditional beverages. The researchers will be available to discuss their on-going research examining orchard biocomplexity and orchard manager responses to changes. Participants must be of legal age (21 years old).
We have reached our maximum of 30 participants for this special session. Please check in at the Registration desk at the conference site to see if we are able to accommodate additional people.
Plant Walk and Mead Crafting Workshop
Cost: $15.00
Ethnobotanist Marc Williams, Executive Director of Plants and Healers International will lead this workshop, which starts with a walk covering some major plant families used in mead making and a harvest of ingredients. The second part entails a demonstration of mead making technology and beverage crafting. Discussion of a fascinating movement developing around the significance of people, places, certain plants, times of year and their interrelated stories will be interspersed throughout. This provides a useful lens to highlight the depth of enthobiological co-creative intimacy happening around Asheville, NC.
Registration for this event is now closed.
Biocultural Collections Workshop
There will be a short workshop on Biocultural Collections hosted by Jan Salick and James Kennedy over lunch on Friday 17 May 2013 at the Elm Fork Natural Heritage Museum (see map http://efnhmuseum.unt.edu/ ). We invite attendance of all ethnobotanists curating, collecting or researching Biocultural Collections – ethnographic artifacts, botanical specimens, ethnobotanical products, archaeological specimens, living plant/seed collections, etc. We will briefly introduce the Biocultural Collections working group and activities to date, including our upcoming book “Curating Biocultural Collections”. We can quickly view some of Elm Fork’s collections and hear about their Citizen Science program. We will hold an open discussion of goals of and challenges for Biocultural Collections. Lunches need to be ordered in advance at a price of $10.
Registration for this event is now closed.