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Ethnobotany: A Practitioner's Perspective

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Explore the basics of ethnobotany, supplemented by stories and data gleaned from his own fieldwork. Discover how selected plant resources are used by traditional and postindustrial cultures today, as well as how plants have been used historically for healing and harm, foods and beverages, and their psychoactive effect.

Required Text
Michael J. Balick and Paul Alan Cox. Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany. Second Edition, CRC Press/Garland Science 2020.

Schedule:

Every week on Sunday, starting on 06/08/25 and ending on 06/22/25

Times:

10:00am-12:00pm EDT

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Instructor:

Morgan Halane Morgan Halane

Morgan Halane

Morgan Halane, PhD, is a New York City-based biologist working as a Group Leader at the nonprofit Harlem Grown as well as a freelance scientific consultant. At NYBG he has served as a Project Assistant with the Plants and People of Vanuatu project.

He received a BA in English from the University of Missouri with a capstone focused on the adaptation of sci-fi literature into film. His graduate and postdoctoral studies in plant biology at the University of Missouri, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and the University of California-Riverside led to advances in our understanding of plant immunity to pathogens. He has published his work in several journals including Science, PLOS Pathogens, and the Annual Review of Plant Biology.

Location:

Online-Live,

Session Number:

254BOT344O

Price:

Price Non-Member : $125.00
Member : $112.50

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