#Ethnobotony

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(Decolonizing) Science Saturday 

This Saturday we are sharing some illustrations from our first edition copy of Wendy Makoons Geniusz’s book, Our Knowledge is Not Primitive: Decolonizing Botanical Anishinaabe Teachings. The botanical illustrations are provided by the author’s sister, Annmarie Geniusz. Published in 2009 by Syracuse University Press, the book is part of their series The Iroquois and Their Neighbors. Established by the press in 1975, the publication series’ primary scope is Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) scholarship, but it also focuses on uplifting the voice of Indigenous scholars’ work in contemplating their own culture. 

As an academic raised in the Anishinaabe culture, Geniusz is particularly well suited to critically examine the Western scientific lens through which Indigenous botanical knowledge is often presented in the Academy. Genuisz, who got her undergraduate degree here at UWM, is the former director of the American Indian Studies program at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and currently teaches Ojibwe language there. 

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-Olivia, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[planetmidori]

Scored a new hairpin at @oaklandmuseumca from Rosemary & Michael of Waqaq Art made of deer clavical. She’s a teacher of Chumash cultural arts. Also got the book “Chumash Ethnobotony” #oakland #art #museum #travel #chumash #nativeamericanart (at Oakland Museum of California)

[holy-sciences]

Any1 out there just. . . RLY into ethnobotony?

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[castigattte]

zombification in Haiti and ethnobotony as well as neuroanthropology are like my lust modules for phd or thesis.

[danieldaleytrips]

Wade Davis