The biennial congress is the official meeting of the ISE, providing a time and place to formally gather our diverse membership for ethnobiology exchanges and to conduct Society business. It is the embodiment of the ISE’s core mandate to facilitate an “ethical space” where different worldviews can interact and share information across geographical and cultural boundaries, creating an interactive forum for respectful cross-cultural...
Contributed by Jigme Dorji, Olivia Sylvester, Anna Varga Bhutan has a rich biocultural heritage, but information about this country may be challenging to find. To help you prepare for your travels in 2014 to attend the 14th International Society of Ethnobiology Congress in Bhutan, we have provided you with some important facts. 1. Where is Bhutan? Bhutan is a Himalayan country, landlocked between the Tibetan Autonomous Council of China in the...
This call is now closed. Please see the Guidelines for Individual Submissions and Session/Workshop Submissions. Recognition of the central role of Indigenous peoples in all global, regional, and local processes is a founding element of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE). Supporting and promoting the critical efforts of indigenous peoples, traditional societies, and local communities in the conservation of biological, cultural and...
Deadline: 15 July 2013 ISE call for travel grant applications to support contributions from indigenous peoples and local/traditional communities to the 14th ISE Congress of Ethnobiology Recognition of the central role of indigenous peoples in all global, regional, and local processes is a founding element of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE). Since the ISE’s inception in 1988, the society’s priority has been to support and...
The Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment under the Department of Forests and Park Services (Ministry of Agriculture and Forests), in partnership with the ISE, is pleased to host the 14th ISE Congress in Lamai Gompa, Bumthang, Bhutan. The Congress will be convened from June 1-7, 2014, with all fieldtrips following the Congress week. To help focus and guide dialogue and exchanges at the Congress, the broad themes of the...
