NOVA-BOVA Postgraduate course �Ethnobotany in the Baltic region�
Ethnobotany is the study of how people of a particular culture
and region have made use of indigenous plants in everyday life, how they
conceptualise plants in their local environments. It is an interdisciplinary
science with increasing importance and has its roots in botany, natural and
environmental sciences, ethnography, sociology, medicine and pharmacology.
Teaching staff*:
Assoc. Prof. Ina Alsina, Dr.agr. Department of Plant Biology and Protection, Latvia University of Agriculture (Course leader)
Assoc. Prof. I.Hedberg, Uppsala University
Assoc. Prof. I.Straupe, LLU
Assoc. Prof. S.Rubene, LLU
Lect. A.Dizgale, LLU,
Lect. L.Dananberga, LLU,
Lect. Z.Purne (Botanical garden)
Assist. A.Linina,
Assoc. Prof. I.Zukauska,
Prof. I.Skrupskis, LLU
Assoc. Prof. L.Dzirkale, LLU,
Assoc. Prof. I.Hedberg, Uppsala University
* In the last course (year 2003)
ECTS
You can receive 3 ECTS if study obligatory literature, participate in the
course part and submit and present individual work. Depending
on your individual presentation quality and discussion quality during seminars
and work in groups you can receive additional 1 to 2 ECTS.
Assignment for work at home to prepare for the course
Individual distance studies, preparation of home-work and presentation of the
topics proposed by course organizers. Presentations should concentrate on the
problems in home countries.
Each student should prepare the analysis of use of particular plant species.
After that student should
describe few possible applications of the same plant more detail. Students are
free to decide what plant species to choose for this task.
Students are asked to choose the field of interest and send the title to
course leader till the agreed date. After
confirmation students should prepare presentation about the problem related to
country they live.
Suggested topics (examples) for home tasks in the last course were:
- Ceremonial l role of plants in Latvian culture (1st day)
- Greening of private houses in Lithuania- historical review
(2nd day)
- Development of gardens in Estonia (2nd day)
- Pot plant market in Estonia (3rd day)
- Edible brassicas, their use in Lithuania (4th day)
- Use of medical plants for cure of inflammatory diseases in
Latvia (5th day)
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