The 47th Annual Conference of the Society of Ethnobiology at the University of the South, May 20–23, 2026

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CFT = Center for Teaching in DuPont Library

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, 20th May

Time (start)	Social Lodge	Torian Room	CFT	McGriff Alumi House		Convocation Hall
10:00			Board meeting (10:00–12:00)
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00				Registration (12:00–16:00)
12:30
13:00		Text Analysis for Ethnobiologists in R: Applying the Tidyverse to Qualitative Data (13:00–17:00)			Fungi Fare (13:00–15:00)
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30	Seeing Seeds workshop (15:30–17:30)
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30							Registration (17:30–20:00)
18:00						Opening Reception, Communities and Ethnobiology Grant Award Ceremony (18:00–21:00)
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00
20:30
21:00

DAY 2: THURSDAY, 21st May

Time (start)	Spencer 172	Woods 113	Woods 121	McGriff Alum Hs
7:45	Breakfast (7:45–8:45; McClurg Dining Hall)
8:00				Registration (8:00–16:30)
8:20
8:40
9:00	I. Ethics and Collaboration in Ethnobiology (9:00–10:40)	II. Water bodies in Sacred groves of India (9:00–10:20)	III. Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ethnobotany (9:00–10:40)
9:20
9:40
10:00
10:20
10:40	Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 10:40–11:00)
11:00	IV. Plenary: Honoring Longperson: The Journey to Acknowledge the Inherent Rights of Nature (Social Lodge, 11:00–12:00)
11:30
11:40
12:00	Lunch (McClurg Dining Hall, 12:15–13:30)
12:20
12:40
13:00
13:20
13:40	V. Community-based Conservation (13:40–16:00)	VI. Archaeology and Ethnobiology (13:40–16:20)	VII. Ecocultural Relationality and Creative Collaboration (13:40–16:00)
14:00
14:20
14:40
15:00	Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 15:00–15:20)
15:20	Community-based Conservation	Archaeology and Ethnobiology	Ecocultural Relationality and Creative Collaboration
15:40	Community-based Conservation		Ecocultural Relationality and Creative Collaboration
16:00
16:20
16:40				Archaeology Walk (16:30–18:00)
17:00
17:20
17:40
18:00
18:30–19:45	Dinner (McClurg Dining Hall, 18:30–19:45)
20:30				Owl Prowl (20:30–22:30)
21:00
21:20
22:00

DAY 3: FRIDAY, 22nd May

Time (start)	Spencer 164	Spencer 172	Woods 113	Woods 121	McGriff Alum Hs
7:45	Breakfast (7:45–8:45; McClurg Dining Hall)
8:00					Registration (8:00–14:00)
8:20
8:40
9:00		VIII. Mapping and Modeling of Biocultural Landscapes (9:00–10:20)	IX. Ethnobiology of Sacred Waterscapes (9:00–11:40)	X. Food Systems and Agrobiodiversity (9:00–12:00)
9:20
9:40
10:00
10:20	Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 10:20–10:40)
10:40		XI. Cultural Landscapes and Biocultural Heritage (10:40–12:20)	Ethnobiology of Sacred Waterscapes	Food Systems and Agrobiodiversity
11:00
11:20
11:40
12:00
12:20		Lunch (McClurg Dining Hall, 12:30–13:45)
12:40	XII. Roundtable: From Conference Paper to Publication (12:40–13:40)
13:00
13:20
13:40
14:00			XIII. Many Voices, One Health (14:00-15:00)		XIV. Poster Session (Harris Commons, 14:00-15:50)
14:20
14:40
15:00
15:20	Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 15:40–16:00)
15:40	Coffee Break (Harris Commons, 15:40–16:00)
16:00	Membership meeting, Awards Ceremony, DEB talk (Naylor Auditorium in Gailor Hall,16:00-17:30)
16:20
16:40
17:00
17:30

18:30:00–22:00	Banquet (Convocation Hall, 18:30–22:00)

DAY 4: SATURDAY, 23rd May

Time (start)	All field trips meet in front of McGriff Alumi House
7:30–8:30	Breakfast (7:30–8:30; McClurg Dining Hall)
9:00		Russell Cave National Monument and Red Wolf Conservation (9:00–17:00)
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00	Lost Cove Farm (13:00–16:00)
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00