From m.nesbitt@rbgkew.org.uk Mon Sep 23 05:23:52 2002 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.08) with SMTP id g8NCNl97129778 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 05:23:47 -0700 Received: FROM mxu3.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Mon Sep 23 05:23:47 2002 -0700 Received: from lion.rbgkew.org.uk (lion.rbgkew.org.uk [193.128.240.22]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with ESMTP id g8NCNcMG014654 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 05:23:45 -0700 Received: from jmorley-2-pc.rbgkew.org.uk ([193.128.240.218] helo=a3188) by lion.rbgkew.org.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #3) id 17tSFT-0008Vt-00 for indknow@u.washington.edu; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:23:35 +0100 From: "Mark Nesbitt" To: indknow@u.washington.edu Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 13:23:35 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/enriched; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Subject: London ethnobotany talk - 1 October Reply-to: M.Nesbitt@rbgkew.org.uk Message-ID: <3D8F15D7.21373.108B920@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) 0100,0100,0100Times New RomanGlobal Diversity Foundation Distiguished Lecture in Ethnobotany 2002 Globalization of Traditional Knowledge Systems: implications for innovation, flow and appropriation of knowledge. Miguel Alexiades Nuffield Research Fellow Department of Anthropology, University of Kent at Canterbury Tuesday, 1 October 2002 17.00 Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Free admission =96 all welcome Abstract Traditional knowledge is an arena of cultural, political economic= and social contact and exchange that reflects some of the dominant themes of the turn of the century: globalization and fragmentation. Biodiversity and= cultural diversity are acquiring new meanings and values in a service and knowledge-based economy. Drawing on his ethnobotanical fieldwork in Peru and Bolivia, Alexiades will discuss how scientists, anthropologists in particular, play an important role as mediators of traditional knowledge, in issues such as the privatization of research, education, development and conservation; the emergence of powerful international environmental agendas; and, the critical role of mass media in shaping public perceptions and creating political opportunities. This raises new, though often promising, challenges when it comes to addressing such critical issues as innovation, interdisciplinarity and participatation. The Speaker Miguel Alexiades has a Phd in Biology from the City University of New York (1999). He was a Research Associate and a Graduate Fellow at The New York Botanical Garden between 1988 to 1999. He has conducted ethnobotanical and ethnomedical research among several indigenous groups in Madre de Dios, Peru and Pando, Bolivia since 1985. He is currently a Nuffield Research Fellow at the Department of Anthropology, University of Kent at Canterbury, working on a three year research project with Prof. Roy Ellen examining the historical and political aspects of a landscape and environmental knowledge among the Ese Eja, with whom he conducted his Ph.D. Practical information Entry is by the Jodrell Gate on Kew Road, within easy walking distance of Kew Gardens and Kew Bridge stations. The audience is invited to join the speaker for informal discussions afterwards, at the Coach and Horses pub on Kew Green. The pub serves good beer and food. Enquiries: Mark Nesbitt, { HYPERLINK mailto:m.nesbitt@kew.org }0000,0000,FF00m.nesbitt@kew.org= 0100,0100,0100, 020 8332 5719 .