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ISE Ethnobiology Workshop
Padise, Harjumaa, Estonia, October 15-17, 2010

Old treasures in the new Europe: the future of ethnobiology in the East and Far East

ISE regional Ethnobiology workshop will be held in Kallaste Talu, Padise, Harjumaa, Estonia, October 15-17th, 2010. The workshop will reflect special emphasis on the ethnobiology of former communist Eurasia. Participating scholars are conducting research in Central Asia and Easten Europe. The idea of the workshop is to share an overview of the current ethnobiological research ongoing in the region, and to establish an interdisciplinary research network that may in the future lead to joint research, publications or projects.

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Friday, October 15

 

17.00 – Dinner

18.00 – Evening film program: Rein Maran “Keeper of Seven Powers".

20.00 – Short lecture on the Estonian sauna – Mare Kõiva

20.30 – Sauna – practical applications – Jan Seepter

 

Saturday, October 16

 

8.00 – Breakfast

8.45 – Opening, words of welcome

 

9.00 – First session, chair Łukasz Łuczaj

*        Ethnobiology in the Central Mediterranean and in the Alps, Prof. Dr. Andrea Pieroni, Italy

*        Patterns in Herbal Medicine, Renata Sõukand, MSc, Estonia

*        History and Methods of Ethnobiology, Dr. Ingvar Svanberg, Sweden

*        Ethnolinguistic and Geography-linguistic Research of Russian Dialectal Phytonyms in Comparison with Facts from the Slavonic Languages Continuum, Dr. Valeria B. Kolosova, Russia

*        Ethnobiology in Lithuania, Compared With Europe, Dr. Daiva Šeškauskaitė, Lithuania

*        Zoo-folkloristics and Some Results of Studying Human-Animal Relations, Dr. Mare Kõiva, Estonia

 

11.00 – Coffee break

 

11.20 – Second session, chair Zbynek Polesny

 

*        Use of Wild Plants in Eastern Europe, Dr. Łukasz Łuczaj, Poland

*        Ethnogeobotanical Studies of Hungarians: Carpathians and the Great Hungarian Plain, Dr. Zsolt Molnár, Dániel Babai and Károly Hoffmann; Hungary

*        Ethnobiology of Used and Abandoned Wood Pastures in the Carpathian Basin (Hungary, Romania), Anna Varga, Hungary

*        Ethnobotany and Plant-lore in Russian Herbal Manuscripts, Dr. Aleksandra B. Ippolitova, Russia

*        Archaeobotanical Approach to Late Medieval Religious Art, Dr. Ülle Sillasoo, Estonia

 

13.00 – Lunch break

 

14.00 – Third session, chair Mare Kõiva

 

*        Asian Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria: Novelty or Well-Forgotten Traditions, Dr. Anely Nedelcheva, Bulgaria

*        Said, Touched, Written, Iwona Kołodziejska-Degórska, MSc, Poland

*        Landscape and Medicinal Plants, Raivo Kalle, MSc, Estonia

*        The Most Abstract Linguistic Categorisation of Living Nature in the Estonian Language, Martin Eessalu, Estonia

*        Animal-connected Estonian Astronymes, Andres Kuperjanov, MPhil, Estonia

*        Mushrooms in Estonian Culture, Dr. Aivar Jürgenson, Estonia

 

16.00 – Coffee break

 

16.20 – Fourth session, chair Zsolt Molnár

 

*        Ethnomedicine of Polish Immigrants, Monika Kujawska, Poland

*        Urban Agriculture in the World Heritage Town of Bamberg, Lisa Strecker, Russia/Germany

*        Vegetation in Rustic Gardens, Aleksandra Andryka, Poland

*        Pet Animals and Pet Owners on the Internet, Liisa Vesik, Estonia

*        Ethnobotanical study of agrobiodiversity use and management in traditional agriculture in ethnically Czech villages in Romanian Banat, Dr. Zbynek Polesny, Lucie Polesna, Martina Vlkova, Vaclav Zeleny; Czech Republic

*        Ethnoentomology, Marianna Teräväinen, Finland

 

18.20 – Dinner

19.30 – International evening program

21.00 – Sauna

 

Sunday, October 17

 

8.00 – Breakfast

 

9.00 – Fifth session, chair Andrea Pieroni

Facilitated brainstorming, clustering, and discussion about the ethnobiological topics, which are perceived to be more crucial in Eastern Europe

 

11.00 – Coffee break

 

11.20 – Sixth session, chair Ingvar Svanberg

 

Design of a concrete action plan for collaborations (grant proposals, common papers on cross-cultural comparisons, exchange between institutes – deadlines and responsible champions)

 

13.00 – Lunch break

 

14.00 – Sixth session continues, final conclusions.

 

16.00 – Fieldtrip to Padise monastery

18.30 – Dinner

19.30 – Organized departure to Tallinn

20.00 – Evening program

 

Monday, October 18

 

10.00–16.00 Fieldtrip to Estonian Open Air Museum. Guided by Anneli Banner and Maret Tamjärv.


WorkShop Organizers
Andrea Pieroni
(Italy)
Gisella C. Garcia
(Netherlands)
Ingvar Svanberg
(Sweden)
Lukasz Luczaj
(Poland)
Mare Kõiva
(Estonia)
Raivo Kalle
(Estonia)
Renata Sõukand
(Estonia)
Zbynek Polesny
(Chech Republic)
Zsolt Molnar
(Hungary)