Tropical Conservation & Development Program
UF Center for Latin American Studies
Author: Patricia Delamonica Sampaio
GIA 2 Working Group Intercultural Education: Lessons from La Universidad Intercultural Maya de Quintana Roo
Biocultural Conservation is premised on collaborative exchange of knowledgeamong plural worldviews and perspectives. The Universidad Intercultural Maya deQuintana Roo (UIMQRoo), Mexico has been a leader in Intercultural Educationthat combines Indigenous language, culture, ways of thinking and cosmovisionwith the western scientific method. This webinar will present both the conceptual underpinning and practicalexperience of UIMQRoo in carrying
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Congratulations to our amazing graduate student facilitators for hosting UFIC/LAS/TCD Event
Congratulations to our amazing graduate student facilitators for hosting a student hands-on workshop to share experiences related to conducting field research internationally as part of UFIC’s Helicopter Science series (to promote meaningful and mutually beneficial international collaborations in research) and the Center for Latin America’s Fieldwork Festival. Shout out in particular to Ana Meiga, Ana
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Special Lecture “Odors, ontologies, and the age of Covid: Ethnobotany for the 21st Century”
Please join us for a Special co-sponsored event by TCD and UF Ethnogarden “Odors, Ontologies, and the Age of COVID: Ethnobotany for the 21st Century” By Dr. Glenn H. Shepard Jr., Goeldi Museum, Brazil Thursday, March 9th, 4:00 – 5:15 PM McCARTY HALL B, Room 2102 Odors represent an important but little studied aspect of indigenous
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TCD alumna and TCD Faculty publish article on gender and forest resources management
Dr. Ana Luiza Violato Espada (SFGSS and TCD alumna) and Dr. Karen A. Kainer recently published a study of women’s participation in seven community-based timber projects within three Brazilian Amazonian extractive reserves. The article Women and timber management: From assigned cook to strategic decision-maker of community land use is free for download until April 8,
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HELICOPTER SCIENCE WORKSHOP SERIES: Engaging respectfully in international development research collaborations.
IF WE’RE NOT GOING TO DO “HELICOPTER SCIENCE,” THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO INSTEAD? In this talk, Elizabeth Hoffecker, will share a set of practices that she and her colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) D-Lab have developed for engaging in respectful, mutually-enriching, long-term collaborations with scholars and practitioner-researchers from around the
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Fieldwork Festival and Helicopter Science Workshop series
Join us for the annual LAS, TCD and MDP Field Research and Practicum poster session in the Fieldwork Festival, at Smathers Library Room 100, Friday, March 10th, from 2-4 pm.