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Volume 1, Issue 2 June 2009 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: ISE’S 1ST ASIAN 2 THE ISE’S FIRST ASIAN CONFERENCE OF ETHNOBIOLOGY CONFERENCE TAIWAN, 21-29 OCTOBER 2009 Profile: Dr. Yih-Ren 3 by bringing together scholars Participatory Methodology in Profile: RECAP 4 and practitioners across Asia Conservation of Cultural and UPDATES ON ISE 4 who share an interest in the Biological Diversity”. To ACTIVITIES following topics: understanding further clarify the purpose of the worldly organizational the conference, there will be Re-Evisioning Activity 4 methods of society, social nine subtopics of discussion: Global Coalition and 5 organizations, material 1. Indigenous Literature and Ethics Committee practice, and interest in Sacred Spaces spiritual and world views. Ethics Toolkit 6 2. Participatory Natural th 2009-2011 Darrell 7 During the 11 International In order to demonstrate the Resource Management Congress of Ethnobiology in unique and diverse cultural Posey Fellowship 3. Natural Disaster Zones characteristics of the area, and Recipients Peru, the idea of an Asian and Environmental therefore the topic of “Sacred regional conference was Mastery Reports: 2006-2008 8 posited. When Dr. Yih-Ren Places”, which bears great Darrell Posey Small Lin, Director of the Research local representation, was 4. Local Indigenous Scientific Education CONFERENCE 10 Centre for Austronesian chosen as an entrance point Peoples at Providence into this conference. In order 5. Indigenous Policies and REPORTS University, was elected as the to reflect the commitment to Biological/Cultural Snowchange 10 Asian Representative for ISE, research ethics and explore Diversity Conservation Indigenous Peoples 11 he was encouraged to hold the academic and practical 6. Traditional Ecological Climate Change the First Asian Conference of dialectical spirit in this Knowledge Ethnobiology (FACE; www.ise- interdisciplinary field, the topic Summit 7. Indigenous Area asia.org). of participatory research The Anchorage 12 methodology was specifically Research and Research Declaration The aim of this conference is Methodology to address topics that have added. 8. Religion and Indigenous Interests of Ethno- 15 been long-term priorities for The focus of the ISE FACE is Sacred Spaces biology students the ISE that also relate to the “The Position of Indigenous portrayal of Indigenous culture Peoples, Sacred Places and (continued on page 2) Planning meeting for 15 the 12th ISE Congress FROM THE EDITORIAL TEAM Society of Ethno- 17 biology Conference In this issue you will read ethnobiology in the news and We invite your feedback, about the upcoming ISE First activities in international policy suggestions, and submissions. IN MEMORIAM: 17 Asian Conference of Ethno- fora, updates on ISE activities, With warm regards, DR. NINA ETKIN biology and host institution, and book reviews and Leslie Main Johnson, ANNOUNCEMENTS 18 updates on current ISE announcements. We plan to activities, short reports on include profiles of community ISE Secretary, GET INVOLVED 19 recent conferences, and news knowledge holders, academic Newsletter Editor and announcements. researchers, and policy UPCOMING 20 Natasha Duarte, ISE The ISE Newsletter will have experts as well as feature EVENTS Coordinator articles on research, different sub-disciplines of ISE MEMBERSHIP 22 community, and students, ethnobiology. DRIVE www.ethnobiology.net Page 2 ISE Newsletter THE ISE’S FIRST ASIAN CONFERENCE OF ETHNOBIOLOGY TAIWAN, 21-29 OCTOBER 2009 9. Austronesian Endangered conference, as separate graduate Language and Culture sessions will be held to Conservation. accommodate both groups. The conference is scheduled for Indigenous representatives will host October 21-29, 2009, with the main panels and discussions, and poster activities being held at three and table exhibits will also be open different locations: Shei-pa National for attendees to view. A cultural Park and surrounding Tayal villages, night will take place on the night of th Providence University, and Jade the 24 , where Indigenous and Mountain National Park and the Taiwanese culture will be on full Bunun villages within. display. The first three days of the The last four days of the conference conference (October 21-23) will be (October 26-29) will be spent at Overlooking the Kalibuan Tribe of spent at Shei-pa National Park, Jade Mountain National Park and in the Bunun villages. Activities include Tongku Saveq. where a special screening of Once upon a Time, an award-winning visits to Tatachia to see a successful documentary of Tayal cultural case of biological diversity knowledge, will be shown to all in conservation, visits and tours of attendance. This will be followed by various Bunun tribes within the various activities including park, workshops, nightly festivities, Indigenous panel discussions, village and Indigenous panels. tours, night festivities, talks by the Currently, we are looking Tayal on local issues such as the specifically for graduate student cypress debate and their efforts in submissions of papers, posters, flood control, and a visit to a Tayal panels, and tables. Submissions will farm that promotes natural farming be judged by a panel of experts in techniques. the field, and the best young Days four and five (October 24-25) scholars will be asked to present will be spent at Providence their papers at the conference. University (Taichung County, Scholars may also submit papers, Taiwan), where scholars will be able although most spaces have already to present their papers on the sub- been filled. topics. Graduate students may also People interested in the conference present their papers as this may email [email protected] Kalibuan villagers illustrate rituals before hunting. All photos courtesy of Dr. Yih-Ren Lin. www.ethnobiology.net ISE Newsletter Page 3 Profile: Dr. Yih-ren Lin environmental values are Starting in 2006, with the important for the textbook support of Shei-pa National Principles of Conservation Park and the News Bureau, Biology (Sunderland, Dr. Lin worked alongside the Massachusetts: Sinauer Wu Village Workshop and Associates), one of the few the company Path of Light in cases of environmental the production of the movie conservation in Taiwan Once upon a Time, a video published on an display of Tayal traditional international level. ecological knowledge, the Dr. Yih-Ren Lin is the In 2008, Dr. Lin hosted same movie that will be on Director of the Research Professor Holmes Rolston III, display during the Shei-pa Centre for Austronesian founding father of National Park portion of the Peoples at Providence environmental philosophy and conference. This film won the Dr. Yih-Ren Lin: University, the ISE Asia founding president of ISEE, Platinum first prize in the Regional Representative, and for the St. Francis Lectures at ethnic/culture category at the Director of the the organizer of the ISE‟s Providence University, April 2008 Remi Awards in First Asian Conference of serving as the translator for Houston. This movie displays Research Ethno-biology. his talk on “God‟s Providence the topics of traditional From a scientific social- and Eco-centrism.” After this Indigenous knowledge and Centre for related issues to the general cultural analysis perspective, academic interaction, Dr. Lin Austronesian Dr. Lin explores the wrote the paper “Pondering public through the networking of community relationship between Professor Holmes Rolston III Peoples, environmental values and - A Perspective on Traditional universities and Indigenous social migration of different Ecological Knowledge,” which villages. ISE Asia social groups. His main was accepted by the highly In the past few years, Dr. Lin research topics during the regarded Christian scholarly has actively participated in Regional past five years include: publication Solitude and is set related international (1) the diverse cultural to be published in 2009. conferences, and has invited Representative, perspective on the ecological Other than his scholarly American, Canadian, English, value of the Chi-lan cypress work, he has used his Australian, and other key organizer of the forests; (2) Indigenous map research to successfully scholars to Taiwan for making and traditional transform the general scholarly exchange. ISE‟s First Asian territories; (3) traditional education curriculum, with In addition to serving as the Conference of Indigenous ecological numerous awards from the current Asian Representative knowledge; political ecology Department of Education. He on the ISE Board, Dr. Lin has Ethnobiology. of natural disasters; (4) risks has also been chosen by the been a long-time active and environmental Department of Education as a member of the ISE, management; and (5) distinguished scholar for his participated in the exploration of participatory work in a course entitled development of the ISE Code action research methodology. “People and the Environment.” of Ethics, assisted in Dr. Lin has published many of From the perspective of translation of the Code of his findings in Chinese and action research, he combined Ethics into Chinese, and is English, including his research the ideals of general currently involved in the pertaining to the dispute education and the usage of development of the ISE Code behind Makao National Park. pedagogy to delve into the of Ethics Toolkit. In 2005 he was invited by social practice field with Professor J. B. Callicott, the “service learning” and president of the International received the Department of Society of Environmental Education‟s National 2007