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Re: Question about ethnobotany

You all should check out the article about Moi and the Waorani (Haorani) 
peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon...New Yorker mag, sometime in 93 or 
94...Cover story.

Rumimaki



On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, Steven Casper wrote:

> In article <Pine.PMDF.3.91.951030161433.22998B-100000@axe.humboldt.edu>,
> Tamara Gedik <tg2@axe.humboldt.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Which issue of Sci. American did you see the article in?  I'm interested 
> > in ethnobotany as well, and would be curious to see what they had to say 
> > of it.  To answer your question, there are some excellent books on the 
> > subject... Schultes (ret'd) has many books on the subject, all at 
> > different levels, and is probably one of the top ethnobotanists around 
> > right now that I know of. There are a few schools that offer grad work in 
> > this field, but they are few in number, as this is a relatively new 
> > professional field of study (it used to be more of a hobby).  If you're 
> > interested in the schools, I can probably get names for you.  I'd be curious 
> > as to any other info you hear of as well.  Thank you too!
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > Tamara Gedik
> 
> 
>    Just to toss in a little more information, there is a book recently
> published by Chapman& Hall called "Ethnobotany- Evolution of a
> Discipline"; edited by Schultes and von Reis.  Also, a very interesting
> personal account of this profession can be found in Mark Plotkin's "The
> Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice".  Dr. Plotkin was taught by Richard Evans
> Schultes and now works at Conservation International; an organization with
> admirable ideals.
>    I, too, would be appreciative to know in which issue of Scientific
> American this article was printed.  
>    Salud,
> 
>    Steve
> 
>