Ethnobiological News & Announcements

Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award

The Society of Ethnobiology announces its Distinguished Ethnobiologist award to honor an ethnobiologist who has made outstanding contributions to the field of ethnobiology and advancing the goals of the Society. In recognition of these contributions, the recipient will be awarded a lifetime honorary membership to the Society of Ethnobiology. The recipient of the award (or in special circumstances, a representative of the winner) shall present an address at the annual meeting the year of his/her selection. Lodging for the duration of the conference and conference registration fee will be covered by the Society of Ethnobiology. Please submit the nomination materials electronically by November 15:

  1. a letter of nomination of no more than 500 words, including a short biographical sketch of the nominee, and
  2. a current CV of the nominee.

The nomination materials can be submitted via the online nomination form. Questions? Contact awards@ethnobiology.org

Distinguished Ethnobiologist Award Nomination Form

Highlights 2010 Board of Directors Meeting

Click on the link below to download a PDF copy of "Highlights 2010 Board of Directors Meeting."

2010 Recipients of the Best Ethnobiology Poster Award

Mairi M. Capper (Simon Fraser University). In Their Words: Using Ancient Written Sources to Interpret the Palaeobotanical Remains of Tell Tayinat, Turkey. [Abstract]

Jocelyn Mueller (Tufts University, Boston, USA). Including Local Voices in Global Discourse: Case Studies from Boumba, Niger. [Abstract]

Congratulations Mairi and Jocelyn!

2010 Recipient of the Barbara Lawrence Award

John Marston (University of California, Los Angeles). Assessing Long Term Sustainability of Agricultural Systems. (Oral presentation). [Abstract]

Congratulations John!

Ethnobiology Letters: New Online, Open-access, Peer Reviewed Journal for Short Papers

The Society of Ethnobiology introduces a new online, open-access, peer reviewed journal for short papers (http://ethnobiology.org/ethnobiology-letters) called Ethnobiology Letters (EBL).  The Society now publishes a full complement of journals headlined by the Journal of Ethnobiology and complemented by Contributions in Ethnobiology for monograph length publications and EBL for short papers.

Announcing the SoE Undergraduate Student Award

The Society of Ethnobiology is looking for a keen undergraduate ethnobiologist to sit on our Board as an appointed "student advisor". The student should come with ideas and energy to increase undergraduate student involvement in our Society.

This is a one-year position that comes with a one-year membership in the Society, a waiver for our Society of Ethnobiology annual meeting registration, accommodation for 3 nights during the conference, and $250 USD to put towards travel. More details »

Reviewers Solicited for Journal of Ethnobiology

The Journal of Ethnobiology is seeking to expand its pool of volunteers who review manuscripts submitted to the Journal’s editors for publication.  The Journal receives manuscripts in paleoethnobotany, zooarchaeology, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, ethnoecology, linguistic ethnobiology, and other related areas of anthropology and biology.

Announcing our book-length on-line publication series, "Contributions in Ethnobiology"

Contributions in Ethnobiology is a peer-reviewed monograph series published electronically by the Society of Ethnobiology. The series is a forum for publishing original book-length research on past or present relationships of human societies with their biological worlds. Contributions are data-rich, state-of-the-art studies, which may be either single-authored or edited volumes with multiple authors. On-line publication allows freedom from traditional publishing restraints on specialist topics, unusual length, and number of figures.

A Zapotec Natural History wins publishers' award

Longtime SoE member and past president Eugene Hunn's new book A Zapotec Natural History has been awarded first place in the Anthropology/Archeology category of the 2009 American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Awards).  These awards are sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division of the Assocation of American Publishers.

Congratulations to Gene on this impressive achievement!  His book is available through University of Arizona Press.    

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