Ethnoecology and biocultural interactions

This module provides an introduction to ethnobotany and ethnoecology, with a view to understanding the material and immaterial dimensions of the relationships between humans and their environment, with a particular focus on the plant world. We will be looking in particular at local systems of nomenclature and classification, perceptions and representations of nature, resource management uses and practices, and biocultural, ecological and evolutionary interactions. Ethnobotany and ethnoecology are disciplines at the interface of anthropology, botany and ecology, which can also borrow tools and concepts from linguistics, archaeology, geography and agronomy. This module complements the "Ethnoecology and Sustainable Development" module (Master 2) by providing the theoretical and methodological foundations of ethnobotany.

Understand the diversity of issues relating to the study of interactions between human societies and nature, i.e. biocultural interactions.

Build a research approach in ethnoecology (questions, hypotheses, methods).

Hourly volumes:

            CM : 0 h

            TD: 3 h

            Practical work: 10 h

            Field : 0 h

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            SPS: 0 h

            Seminars: 5 p.m.

            Outside UM: 0 h