When is it Appropriate to Reference Identities, Relationships of Belonging, or Knowledge Lineages in Ethnobiological Scholarship?

  • Felice S. Wyndham School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Janelle Baker Centre for Social Sciences, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Canada.
  • Kelly Bannister POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
  • Maria Bruno Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, USA.
  • Andrew Flachs Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
  • Cynthia Fowler Department of Sociology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, USA.
  • Andrew Gillreath-Brown Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, USA. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2272-5542
  • Elizabeth Olson Department of History, Sociology, and Anthropology, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, USA.
  • Kali Wade Archaeology Program, Boston University, Boston, USA.
  • Sarah Walshaw Department of History, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.12.1.2021.1779
Keywords: Ethnobiology

Author Biographies

Maria Bruno, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, USA.

Maria C. Bruno is a Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at Dickinson College.

Andrew Flachs, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.

Andrew Flachs is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Purdue University.

Cynthia Fowler, Department of Sociology, Wofford College, Spartanburg, USA.

Cynthia "Cissy" Fowler is an anthropologist, ethnobiologist, and fire ecologist whose research concerns space-time cultures and biosocial dynamics.

Andrew Gillreath-Brown, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, USA.

Andrew D. Gillreath-Brown is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology, Washington State University. His research focuses on prehistoric agriculture and paleoclimatic reconstruction, mostly in the American Southwest, as well as on ancient tattooing.

Elizabeth Olson, Department of History, Sociology, and Anthropology, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, USA.

Elizabeth A. Olson is a medical and environmental anthropologist with interests in ethnobotany, community-based conservation, Indigenous peoples of Mexico, and public health.

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Ethnobiology Letters Cover, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2021
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2021-08-05
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Wyndham, F. S., Baker, J., Bannister, K., Bruno, M., Flachs, A., Fowler, C., Gillreath-Brown, A., Olson, E., Wade, K., & Walshaw, S. (2021). When is it Appropriate to Reference Identities, Relationships of Belonging, or Knowledge Lineages in Ethnobiological Scholarship?. Ethnobiology Letters, 12(1), 73-78. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.12.1.2021.1779
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Vol 12 No 1 (2021)
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Editorials

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