FW: Annual ethnobotany lecture, Kew, Tuesday 11 October 2011

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> Conversation: Annual ethnobotany lecture, Kew, Tuesday 11 October 2011

> Subject: FW: Annual ethnobotany lecture, Kew, Tuesday 11 October 2011

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> A reminder and more details of the annual ethnobotany lecture at Kew - in a

> week's time. Will McClatchey is an excellent and thought-provoking speaker so

> it should be a good evening. Free, no ticket required! Please spread the word.

>

> Mark

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> Annual Distinguished Ethnobotanist Lecture 2011

> Ethnobotany of the Home and Hearth by Will McClatchey (Botanical Research

> Institute of Texas)

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> Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

> 5pm, Tuesday 11 October 2011

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> Admission free. No booking required. Entry via Jodrell Gate, Kew Road, TW9 3DS

> (Tube: Kew Gardens)

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> Discussion continues afterwards at The Botanist on Kew Green. Jodrell Map:

> http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=518990 & Y=177293 & A=Y & Z=110

> Queries: Mark Nesbitt, m.nesbitt@...

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> Will McClatchey (http://www.willmcclatchey.info/)is well-known for his role in

> developing modern ethnobotanical techniques and research questions, and as an

> excellent teacher and public speaker. We look forward to seeing you at what

> promises to be a memorable evening. As ever, we will move to The Botanist

> afterwards, an opportunity to meet the speaker, this year's new Ethnobotany

> MSc students from Kent, and many colleagues with an interest in ethnobotany.

>

> Summary

> All of our ancestors originated in East Africa and spread from there to a

> series of new environments. In each new location they must have applied a

> process of learning about plants including ones that would be new to them.

> Today some communities are recognized as " indigenous " and having deeper

> knowledge of environments than communities that are non-indigenous or new to a

> place. A basic question is: How long does it take a community to become

> " indigenous " to an environment or to develop strong patterns of interaction

> with a flora? Experiments in Thailand, Hawai`i and Texas will be presented to

> begin to address this question.

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