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課程名稱	植物演化專題討論 Seminar in Plant Evolution
開課學期	113-2
授課對象	生態學與演化生物學研究所
授課教師	胡哲明
課號	EEB5032
課程識別碼	B44 U1380
班次	02
學分	1.0
全/半年	半年
必/選修	選修
上課時間	星期四8(15:30~16:20)
上課地點
備註	上課地點：生科館1227室。總人數上限：20人

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課程概述	In this seminar, we will discuss the topics related to ethnobotanical studies. It covers the background and general concepts as well as case studies related to the relationships between plants and people. Several classic literatures will be discussed in the beginning, followed by several papers/books on the methodology. Other case studies will be discussed for the rest of the semester, focused on home gardens and market surveys. The first class will be at Room 1227, Life Science Building. If space is not enough, we may move to other classroom. *Noted that we will have classes every other week from week 2. The class time will be adjusted to 15:30-17:20 then.
課程目標	1. Familiar with the general concept of ethnobotany 2. Familiar the methodology used in ethnobotanical studies 3. Critical reviews on the case studies provided in the class
課程要求	The students are highly recommended to take ‘Ethnobotany’ or related course before this course. Students need to present papers on the selected subjects and provide critical reviews.
預期每週課前或/與課後學習時數
Office Hours	另約時間
指定閱讀
參考書目	Albuquerque, U.P., et al. 2017. Ethnobotany for beginners. Springer. Cunningham, A.B. 2001. Applied ethnobotany. Earthscan Publ., London. Ellen, R. 2006. Ethnobiology and the science of humankind. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, USA. Martin, G.J. 2004. Ethnobotany – a methods manual. Earthscan, New York, USA. Sanga, G. and G. Ortzlli. 2004. Nature knowledge: ethnoscience, cognition, and utility. Berghahn Books. New York, YSA. Simpson, B. B. and M. C. Ogorzaly. 2014. Plants in our world: economic botany, fourth edition. McGraw-Hill Education. Boston, USA.
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課程進度

週次	日期	單元主題
Week 1	2/20	Introductory Lecture Agriculture and perspectives of ethnobotany Reading: Gaoue, O.G. et al. 2017. Theories and major hypotheses in ethnobotany. Econ. Bot. 71(3): 269-287.
Week 3	3/6	Field methods in ethnobotany: basic tools and market surveys Gavin, M.C. and G.J. Anderson. 2005. Testing a rapid quantitative ethnobiological technique: first steps towards developing a critical conservation tool. Econ. Bot. 59: 112-121. Nguyen, My Lien T. 2005 Cultivated Plant Collections from marketplaces. Ethnobot. Res. Appl. 3:5-16 Thomas, E., I. Vandebroek, P.V. Damme. 2007. What works in the field? A comparison of different interviewing methods in ethnobotany with special reference to the use of photographs. Econ. Bot. 61(4): 376-384.
Week 5	3/20	Quantitative methods in ethnobotany (the classics) Turner, N.J. 1988. “The importance of a rose”: evaluating the cultural significance of plants in Thompson and Lillooet Interior Salish. Am. Anthrop. 90(2): 272-290. Tardío, J. and M. Pardo-de-Santayana. 2008. Cultural importance indices: a comparative analysis based on the useful wild plants of Southern Cantabria (Northern Spain). Econ. Bot. 62: 24-39.
Week 7	4/3	Quantitative methods in ethnobotany (the classics) Medeiros, M.F.T. et al. 2011. Quantification in ethnobotanical research: an overview of indices used from 1995 to 2009. Sit. Ciências Biol. 11:211-230. Leonti, M. 2022. The relevance of quantitative ethnobotanical indices for ethnopharmacology and ethnobotany. J. Ethnopharm. 288: 115008.
Week 9	4/17	Studies on home gardens (concepts and methods) Vogl, C.R. et al. 2004. Tools and methods for data collection in ethnobotanical studies of homegardens. Field Methods 16(3): 285-306. Galluzzi, G. et al. 2010. Home gardens: neglected hotspots of agro-biodiversity and cultural diversity. Biodivers. Conserv. 1: 3635-3654. Ellen, R. and S. Platten. 2011. The social life of seeds: the role of networks of relationships in the dispersal and cultural selection of plant germplasm. J. Roy. Anthrop. Inst. 17: 563-584.
Week 11	5/1	Case studies of home gardens Reyes-García, V. et al. 2014. Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: the case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula. Glob. Environ. Change 24: 223-231. Luo, J. et al. 2024. Local knowledge of homegarden plants in Miao ethnic communities in Laershan region, Xiangxi area, China. J. Ethnobiol. Ethnomed. 20: 37. Lo, S.-M. and J.-M. Hu. 2023. Knowledge and practices of growing wild edible plants in ‘Amis home gardens: content and social distribution of a traditional ecological knowledge system of ‘Etolan, south-eastern Taiwan. In P. D’Arcy and D. D. Kuan (eds.) Islands of hope: indigenous resource management in a changing Pacific. ANU Press, Australia.
Week 13	5/15	Ethnobotany on the move Nguyen, M.L. 2006. Insertions and deletions: evolution in the assemblage of Vietnamese food plants. Ethnobot. Res. Appl. 4: 175-201. Nguyen, M.L. 2007. Community dynamics and functional stability: a recipe for cultural adaptation and continuity. Econ. Bot. 61(4): 337-346. Hanazaki, N. et al. 2023. People’s migrations and plants for food: a review for fostering sustainability. Sust. Earth Rev. 6:9
Week 15	5/29	Ethnobotany on the move De Medeiros, et al. 2012. The use of medicinal plants by migrant people: adaptation, maintenance, and replacement. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine. Article ID807452. Volpato, G. et al. 2009. Migration and ethnobotanical practices: the case of Tifey among Haitian immigrants in Cuba. Hum. Ecol. 37: 43-53. Vitt, P. et al. 2010. Assisted migration of plants: changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes. Biol. Conv. 143: 18-27.