Posts tagged with "Distinguished Speaker Series Recordings"

Fall 2025 Distinguished Ethnobiology Speaker Andrew Gillreath-Brown

From Drones to Satellites: How Remote Sensing Advances Ethnobiology and Our Understanding of Human-Environment Relationships

In this free, open-access talk, Dr. Gillreath-Brown will share how satellites, drones, and lidar can be used to explore the connections between people and the environments they live in. These remote sensing tools open new ways of asking ethnobiological questions, revealing the complexities of cultural landscapes, tracking environmental change, and supporting communities as they face the challenges of climate change.

Spring 2025 Distinguished Ethnobiology Speaker Jennifer Grenz

Who are the plant people today?: Strengthening human-plant relationships to build climate resiliency through ecological restoration research

In this talk, Dr. Grenz highlights the critical role of human-plant relationships in fostering ecological resilience. While Indigenous knowledge is increasingly integrated into ecological restoration, many approaches focus on mitigating symptoms rather than addressing the deeper issue of broken human-land connections.

Fall 2024 Distinguished Ethnobiology Speaker Chelsey Geralda Armstrong

Where People, History, and Ecology Meet: Perspectives on Indigenous Forest Management in the Pacific Northwest

In collaboration with the Historical-Ecological Research (HER) Lab, Dr. Armstrong conducts historical-ecological research in northern Ts'msyen and Gitxsan territories in British Columbia, focusing on traditional resource and environmental management. The HER Lab studies human-landscape interactions in the past and how those dynamics relate to the present.