A Reply to Pierotti’s (2018) Review of “Evolutionary Ethnobiology”: Decolonizing Latin American Science

  • Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  • Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Pernambuco, Petrolina, Brazil.
  • Ina Vandebroek Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA.
  • Rainer W. Bussmann Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
  • Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
  • Ana H. Ladio Grupo de Etnobiología, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Argentina.
  • Robert Voeks Department of Geography & the Environment, California State University, Fullerton, USA.
  • Felipe Melo Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  • Michelle C. M. Jacob Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
  • Thiago Gonçalves-Souza Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  • Ariadna Valentina Lopes Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.
  • Gustavo Taboada Soldati Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.12.1.2021.1763
Keywords: Science ethics, Political Ethnobiology

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Author Biographies

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque is a biologist interested in all the dimensions of the interrelationship between human beings and nature.

Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Pernambuco, Petrolina, Brazil.

Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior is a biologist with interests in understanding the structure, dynamics and evolution of local medical systems.

Ina Vandebroek, Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA.

Ina Vandebroek is an ethnobotanist. Her research is in collaboration with Caribbean communities and is centered around the interconnectedness of Caribbean biological and cultural diversity.

Rainer W. Bussmann, Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Rainer W. Bussmann is Professor of Ethnobotany, and his work focuses on ethnobotanical research in mountain regions around the globe.

Ana H. Ladio, Grupo de Etnobiología, INIBIOMA, Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET, Argentina.

Ana H. Ladio is a ethnobiologist with interests in biocultural conservation, focused on studies about wild plant use in contexts of socio cultural changes.

Robert Voeks, Department of Geography & the Environment, California State University, Fullerton, USA.

Robert Voeks is a biogeographer with interests in ethnobotany, traditional medicine, and the African Diaspora.

Felipe Melo, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Felipe Melo is an ecologist interested in how biodiversity persists in social-ecological Tropical landscapes.

Michelle C. M. Jacob, Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.

Michelle C. M.  Jacob is a nutritionist with a research focus on ethnobiology and ethnonutrition, food biodiversity, and food systems.

Thiago Gonçalves-Souza, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Thiago Gonçalves-Souza is a biologist with interest in community ecology and functional ecology. Currently, he is also investigating potential connections between theories in ecology and ethnobiology.

Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil.

Ariadna Valentina Lopes is a plant biologist with interests in pollination ecology, diversity of plant reproductive strategies, and effects of human disturbance on the reproduction of tropical plants.

Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.

Gustavo Soldati is an ethnobiologist with an interest in evolutionary ethnobiology and in defense of the rights of traditional peoples

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Ethnobiology Letters Cover, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2021
Published
2021-08-05
How to Cite
Albuquerque, U. P., Ferreira Júnior, W. S., Vandebroek, I., Bussmann, R. W., Paniagua-Zambrana, N. Y., Ladio, A. H., Voeks, R., Melo, F., Jacob, M. C. M., Gonçalves-Souza, T., Lopes, A. V., & Soldati, G. T. (2021). A Reply to Pierotti’s (2018) Review of “Evolutionary Ethnobiology”: Decolonizing Latin American Science. Ethnobiology Letters, 12(1), 79-81. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.12.1.2021.1763
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Vol 12 No 1 (2021)
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Reviews

Copyright (c) 2021 Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Washington Soares Ferreira Júnior, Ina Vandebroek, Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, Ana H. Ladio, Robert Voeks, Felipe Melo, Michelle C. M. Jacob, Thiago Gonçalves-Souza, Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Gustavo Taboada Soldati

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