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.
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
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Ethnobiology
in the Central Mediterranean and in the Alps, Prof. Dr. Andrea Pieroni, Italy
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Patterns
in Herbal Medicine, Renata Sõukand, MSc, Estonia
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History
and Methods of Ethnobiology, Dr. Ingvar Svanberg, Sweden
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Ethnolinguistic
and Geography-linguistic Research of Russian Dialectal Phytonyms in Comparison
with Facts from the Slavonic Languages Continuum, Dr. Valeria B. Kolosova, Russia
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Ethnobiology
in Lithuania, Compared With Europe, Dr. Daiva Šeškauskaitė, Lithuania
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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
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Use
of Wild Plants in Eastern Europe, Dr. Łukasz Łuczaj, Poland
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Ethnogeobotanical
Studies of Hungarians: Carpathians and the Great Hungarian Plain, Dr. Zsolt Molnár, Dániel Babai and Károly Hoffmann;
Hungary
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Ethnobiology
of Used and Abandoned Wood Pastures in the Carpathian Basin (Hungary, Romania),
Anna
Varga,
Hungary
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Ethnobotany
and Plant-lore in Russian Herbal Manuscripts, Dr. Aleksandra B. Ippolitova, Russia
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Archaeobotanical
Approach to Late Medieval Religious Art, Dr. Ülle Sillasoo, Estonia
13.00 – Lunch break
14.00 – Third session, chair Mare Kõiva
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Asian
Medicinal Plants in Bulgaria: Novelty or Well-Forgotten Traditions, Dr. Anely Nedelcheva, Bulgaria
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Said,
Touched, Written, Iwona Kołodziejska-Degórska, MSc, Poland
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Landscape
and Medicinal Plants, Raivo Kalle, MSc, Estonia
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The
Most Abstract Linguistic Categorisation of Living Nature in the Estonian
Language, Martin
Eessalu,
Estonia
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Animal-connected
Estonian Astronymes, Andres Kuperjanov, MPhil, Estonia
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Mushrooms
in Estonian Culture, Dr. Aivar Jürgenson, Estonia
16.00 – Coffee break
16.20 – Fourth session, chair Zsolt Molnár
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Ethnomedicine
of Polish Immigrants, Monika Kujawska, Poland
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Urban
Agriculture in the World Heritage Town of Bamberg, Lisa Strecker, Russia/Germany
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Vegetation
in Rustic Gardens, Aleksandra Andryka, Poland
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Pet
Animals and Pet Owners on the Internet, Liisa Vesik, Estonia
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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
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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.