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Summer in the Shifting Mountains: Contemporary Patterns of Plant Use in Ach’ara, Georgia (Caucasus)
November 19, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
3310 Turlington
CES Lunchtime Symposium
Richard W. Tate, Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Ecolog
The montane region of South Caucasus is known as a hotspot for biocultural diversity due to the number of sociolinguistic groups and endemic species found there. Peoples of the region are heavily reliant on the local biodiversity for food, medicine, and other uses, forging a sophisticated body of local ecological knowledge. This interdisciplinary research project draws from anthropology, botany, and other fields to examine contemporary plant use patterns in the semi-autonomous region of Ach’ara, in southwestern Georgia. Existing practices are in flux due to a number of social, economic and environmental factors. I discuss prospects for the continued vitality of this tradition and explore future directions for the research.
This research supported by the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) and the UF Center for European Studies.
