The 11th ICE was held in June 2008 in Cusco, Peru
The overarching theme of this Congress was “Local Livelihoods and Collective Bio-cultural Heritage”. Taken as a whole, the theme formed an overall conceptual framework for the interactions between nature and culture as well as allowed focus on the role of Ethnobiology in maintaining biocultural diversity and ensuring rights and equity through participatory research approaches.
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The Congress symbol was “Ayni” or Sacred Reciprocity. This is the Mother of all Andean thoughts and the one law of the Andean Mystical Tradition still often witnessed today. It roughly means: If you give you will receive and if you receive you must give back. This is a way of life founded by the Incas which applies to all expression of creation and upon which one’s very survival depends. |
Abstracts and videos of the Cusco ICE are available at www.icecusco.net.
Over the coming weeks we will be adding throughts and reflections about the Congress from the participants.If you would like to contribute to this (in English or Spanish), pleaseemail the ISE Coordinator at isecoordinator@gmavt.net. If you would like to include photographs, please include a caption and please note that the ISE photo policy requires the consent of any persons in the photographs.
Post ICE Cusco Survey
Dear Congress Participants,
As the next Organizing Committee begins preparing for the 2010 ICE, we have put together a survey in order to build on the experience of the recent ICE. Currently it is only available in English, but a Spanish version of the survey will be available soon!
This survey will take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete. If you are not able to fill out the entire survey, partially answered surveys are still useful to us.
You can complete the survey on-line or download it here. You can also request it as an email attachment at isecoordinator@gmail.com.
Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. The information you share will only be used to help us improve future ICEs.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.
Past Congresses and Chairpersons
| 11th ICE 2008 | Cusco, Peru | Chair: | Alejandro Argumedo |
| 10th ICE 2006 | Chiang Rai, Thailand | Chair: | Chayan Picheansoonthon |
| 9th ICE 2004 | Canterbury, Kent, UK | Chair: | Roy Ellen |
| 8th ICE 2002 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Chair: | Fassil Kebebew |
| 7th ICE 2000 | Athens, USA | Chair: | Elois Ann Berlin |
| 6th ICE 1998 | Whakatane, Aotearoa/New Zealand | Chair: | Aroha Mead |
| 5th ICE 1996 | Nairobi, Kenya | Chair: | Christine Kabuye |
| 4th ICE 1994 | Lucknow, India | Chair: | A. K. Jain |
| 3rd ICE 1992 | Mexico City, Mexico | Chair: | Javier Caballero |
| 2nd ICE 1990 | Kunming, China | Chair: | Pei Shengji |
| 1st ICE 1988 | Belem, Brazil | Chair: | Darrell Posey |