International Summer School
Historical Ecology in Amazonia Yasuní (Ecuador), 21 st – 27 th August 2019
Presentation Historical ecology highlights a close relationship between science, culture, and environment in Amazonia. Over the last decades, several fields of study have converged around this topic, from the environmental sciences (including ecology, population genetics and soil sciences) to the humanities (including archaeology, anthropology, and ethnobiology). However, many questions remain about how modern and past human societies interacted with and changed – both consciously and unconsciously – their environment. The Yasuní Research Station – located in the Yasuní National Park in Ecuador – provides an exceptional location to grasp important issues in Historical Ecology in Amazonia. This summer school aims to strengthen international relationships and knowledge sharing between academics and students from the Humanities, and Environmental or Natural sciences interested in the history, ecology, archaeology, or ethnobotany of the Amazonian region.
Location Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE) - Yasuní Scientific Station ( http://www.yasuni.ec/ubicacion/), Parque Nacional Yasuní, Ecuador.
Lecturers Field trips Dr. André Braga Junqueira The surrounding areas close to Yasuní Scientific Station (Province of (Agro)Biodiversity, Ethnoecology Orellana) offer an exceptional mosaic of natural and anthropogenic Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, España → habitats – from primary terra-firme forests, alluvial forests and Challenges of historical ecology → natural wetlands (including flooded forests, swamps, whitewater Agrobiodiversity and land use patterns on anthropogenic soils in central Amazonia rivers, and lakes) to secondary forests and human settlements (Waorani indigenous communities). In order to acknowledge Dr. Louise Brousseau the value of the direct relationships between local cultures, Historical genomics of tropical plants their environment, and ethnohistory, lectures will be illustrated IRD, UMR DIADE, France → by field trips: Principles of population genetics: from genes to genomes → Evolutionary genomics in historical ecology: case studies - In field detection of past occupation’s influence on landscape and biodiversity with Waorani collaborators, by M. Rios Dr. Julián Idrobo Etnobiology, Political ecology, Management of natural resources
Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Quantitative ethnobotanical inventory (trees and → Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) transformations in the palms) with Waorani collaborators, by G. Odonne & R. Amazon Montúfar Dr. Rommel Montúfar - Methods in forest inventories and tropical botany, by R. Ecology, Population genetics and Management of palms Valencia Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Escuela de Biología, Ecuador - Sampling guidelines for genomic studies, by L. Brousseau → Natural history of Amazonian palms
Dr. Guillaume Odonne Travel and accommodation Ethnobiology Students will need to travel to Quito by their own means. CNRS, UMSR LEEISA, France → A bus/boat will bring the participants from Quito to the Yasuní research station in the Yasuní Methods in ethnobiology applied to historical ecology National Park on August 21, 2019 (returning on August 27). Travel expenses from Quito to the Yasuní National Park – plus the costs of accommodation Pr. Gabriela Prestes Carneiro and meals – will be covered by the summer school organization. Archaeology Universidade Federal do Oeste do Para, Brazil → Administrative & legal requirements Animal management and domestication in the Americas → Managed aquatic landscapes and ancient fishing practices Participants must: - Be enrolled in a MSc/PhD/post-doctoral program Dr. Montserrat Rios - Hold an international yellow fever vaccine certificate valid for the duration of the workshop Ethnobotany, Socio-environmental development - Hold valid international (or national/mercosur/…) documents and Visa for entry and stay in Universidad Regional Amazónica Ikiam, Ecuador Ecuador → Historical Ecology: Concepts and definitions → Case studies of Amazonian historical ecology Correspondence and applications Candidates will be selected based on the quality of applications and their suitability with Dr. Stephen Rostain respect to the topics covered by this summer school. A CV and a cover letter briefly describing Neotropical archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology (max. one page) academic and professional experience, academic program and/or research CNRS, UMR ArchAm, France → activities, broad scientific interests, and scientific publications - if applicable - must be sent as Methods in Amazonian archaeology → Archaeology of invisible landscapes a single pdf file to [email protected] before 30 th April 2019 .
Pr. Myrtle Shock Archaeology, Archaeobotany, Rock art Universidade Federal do Oeste do Para, Brazil → Archaeobotany
Dr. Renato Valencia Organization Forest ecology, Tropical biodiversity Dr. Rommel Montúfar, PUCE, Ecuador Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (PUCE), Facultad de Dr. Guillaume Odonne, CNRS-LEEISA, France Ciencias Exactas y Naturales-Escuela de Biología, Ecuador Dra. Montserrat Rios, Ikiam, Ecuador → Forest dynamics and methods in quantitative forest inventories