Joan Vallès
Biographic Data
| ID | 122970 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joan Vallès |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joan |
| FAMILY NAME | Vallès |
| SIGNATURE | VALLÈS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1309-3942 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 197 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Local ecological knowledge as a resource for design studies
Sustainability as an educational objective in higher education is becoming increasingly prevalent. Design studies, and future designers, play a significant role in promoting sustainability. However, sustainability education must prioritize experiential learning alongside conventional methods. To achieve this, learning beyond the classroom through active methodologies is crucial, allowing students to comprehend the environment as an integral part …
Andorran ethnomycology: Culinary uses and beyond
This study enriches existing ethnomycological knowledge through ethnobotanical prospection, revealing the diversity of vernacular names and uses of WMs in Andorra. Several taxa with strong traditional use but lacking nutritional data were identified as candidates for further research and potential food innovation
Ethnobotany of Artistic Plant Uses
Artistic uses of plants are rarely explored in ethnobotanical studies. However, in Baix Llobregat (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), seeds and other plant parts are utilized to create art expressions associated with agricultural fairs and promotion of local vegetal goods. The objective of this study is to catalog the plants used and evaluate the current vitality and importance of this cultural and social activity. The methodology employed involve…
Advancing ethnobiology for the ecological transition and a more inclusive and just world: A Comprehensive Framework for the Next 20 Years
This opinion piece, written by ethnobiologists from different parts of the world, emphasizes the importance of ethnobiology research in advancing contemporary biology, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and, especially, contributing to the ecological transition and more just and inclusive world. To achieve these goals, it is essential to develop research and collaborate with social groups that live in…
Traditional knowledge 10 min far from Barcelona: Ethnobotanical study in the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), a heavily anthropized agricultural area
BackgroundThe right floodplain at the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula) constitutes an agricultural periurban area adjacent to Barcelona, which has remained ethnobotanically unexplored until now. This area comprises a very heavily anthropized mosaic of soil uses-urban, industrial, natural, agricultural-including the Agricultural Park of Baix Llobregat. The main aim of this work has been to collect and analyze the ethnoflora …
East meets west: Using ethnobotany in ethnic urban markets of Barcelona metropolitan area (Catalonia) as a tool for biocultural exchange
Background Ethnobotanical studies in metropolitan areas and urban ethnic markets have grown considerably in recent years as large cities have demonstrated to be significantly rich in biocultural diversity and in driving its evolution, as human populations migrate from one region to another. Urban spaces also represent important places of rich multicultural and multilingual interaction and exchange, where ethnobotany can act as a bridge between re…
Traditional uses of Cannabis: An analysis of the Cannuse database
ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE: Cannabis is one of the most versatile genera in terms of plant use and has been exploited by humans for millennia. Nowadays, Cannabis is the centre of many scientific studies, most of them focusing on chemical composition and medicinal values. While new and varied applications are continuously being developed, the knowledge surrounding less common uses of the plant is slowly disappearing. AIM OF THE REVIEW: We have…
Filling the gaps: Ethnobotanical study of the Garrigues district, an arid zone in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)
Background This study has focused on the Garrigues district, one of the most arid regions in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula), which, in general terms, has remained unexplored from the ethnobotanical point of view. This area, of 22,243 inhabitants, comprises 33 municipalities distributed across 1123.12 km2. The natural vegetation is dominated by holm oak forests and maquis called 'garriga', the latter giving its name to the district. During the l…
Catalan ethnoflora: A Meta-Analytic Approach to Life Forms and Geographic Territories
BackgroundCatalonia (in the north east of the Iberian Peninsula) is among the most prospected territories in Europe, from the ethnobotanical point of view. The aim of the present paper is to undertake a global analysis in the area considered, including plants, plant life forms, and ethnobotanical data within a physiographic and geographic framework.MethodsData from 21 ethnobotanical prospection areas in Catalonia were collected, analyzed, and com…
Ethnobotany in a “Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”: Plants in “la Patum” Festivity (Berga, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula)1
Traditional knowledge in semi-rural close to industrial areas: Ethnobotanical studies in western Gironès (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula)
BACKGROUND: and 10,659 inhabitants is composed of 5 municipalities encompassing 29 villages, located in the hydrographic basins of the Ter and Llémena rivers. METHODS: Following the methodology based on the semi-structured interviews, we carried out 40 interviews with 57 informants, 31 were women and the remaining 26 were men, with an average age of 78.6 years. RESULTS: In the present study, data from 316 taxa (301 angiosperms, 8 gymnosperms, and…
A phylogenetic road map to antimalarial Artemisia species
Our findings indicate that artemisinin may be widespread across the genus, providing an accessible local resource outside the distribution area of Artemisia annua
Folk medicinal plant mixtures: Establishing a protocol for further studies
Medicinal plant uses and names from the herbarium of Francesc Bolòs (1773–1844)
Classification of Unelaborated Culinary Products: Scientific and Culinary Approaches Meet Face to Face
The ongoing academization of gastronomic studies indicates the necessity for a commonly accepted classification system for cooks that does not contradict scientific approaches. This work discusses the fundamentals used by chefs and scientists to classify unelaborated food products; proposes taxonomic gastronomy as a new interdisciplinary framework that studies the taxonomy surrounding gastronomy; and presents a categorization of unelaborated food…
A Matter of Taste: Local Explanations for the Consumption of Wild Food Plants in the Catalan Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands1
Beyond food and medicine, but necessary for life, too: Other folk plant uses in several territories of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands
BACKGROUND: Ethnobotanical academic research, particularly in European industrialised countries, has been, and is, mostly focused on folk uses of food and medicinal plants. Nevertheless, other uses, as may well be supposed, account for a significant portion of these folk uses. In the Catalan linguistic domain, a considerable amount of ethnobotanical work has been produced, but to date almost nothing has been published on these other plant uses. M…
Wild food plants and minor crops in the Ripollès district (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Potentialities for Developing a Local Production, Consumption and Exchange Program
The information provided by this kind of research permits the detection of those traditional species that could constitute the basis for the future development and management of wild edible plant resources along with minor crops. It also helps to determine the factors affecting their use, as well as the distinct target groups that such programmes could be addressed to
Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature
From famine foods to delicatessen: Interpreting trends in the use of wild edible plants through cultural ecosystem services
Traditional and alternative natural therapeutic products used in the treatment of respiratory tract infectious diseases in the eastern Catalan Pyrenees (Iberian Peninsula)
Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: The case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
Tertius gaudens: Germplasm exchange networks and agroecological knowledge among home gardeners in the Iberian Peninsula
Background The idea that knowledge flows through social networks is implicit in research on traditional knowledge, but researchers have paid scant attention to the role of social networks in shaping its distribution. We bridge those two bodies of research and investigate a) the structure of network of exchange of plant propagation material (germplasm) and b) the relation between a person's centrality in such network and his/her agroecological kno…
Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used in Eastern Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Mediterranean Sea)
Does Crop Diversification Pay Off? An Empirical Study in Home Gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
Because of its potential role in providing ecosystem services and private benefits (food security), the concern about the loss of agrobiodiversity has grown. We explore the links between agrobiodiversity and farm financial benefits in small-scale agroecosystems. We measured crop diversity in a subsistence-oriented agricultural production system: home gardens (n = 250) in the Iberian Peninsula. We calculated the imputed market value of home garden…
From famine foods to delicatessen: Interpreting trends in the use of wild edible plants through cultural ecosystem services
Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: The case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
Gendered Homegardens: A Study in Three Mountain Areas of the Iberian Peninsula
Homegardens and their role as a main source of medicinal plants in mountain regions of Catalonia (Iberian peninsula)
Advancing ethnobiology for the ecological transition and a more inclusive and just world: A Comprehensive Framework for the Next 20 Years
This opinion piece, written by ethnobiologists from different parts of the world, emphasizes the importance of ethnobiology research in advancing contemporary biology, natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, and, especially, contributing to the ecological transition and more just and inclusive world. To achieve these goals, it is essential to develop research and collaborate with social groups that live in…
A Matter of Taste: Local Explanations for the Consumption of Wild Food Plants in the Catalan Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands1
Tertius gaudens: Germplasm exchange networks and agroecological knowledge among home gardeners in the Iberian Peninsula
Background The idea that knowledge flows through social networks is implicit in research on traditional knowledge, but researchers have paid scant attention to the role of social networks in shaping its distribution. We bridge those two bodies of research and investigate a) the structure of network of exchange of plant propagation material (germplasm) and b) the relation between a person's centrality in such network and his/her agroecological kno…
Beyond food and medicine, but necessary for life, too: Other folk plant uses in several territories of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands
BACKGROUND: Ethnobotanical academic research, particularly in European industrialised countries, has been, and is, mostly focused on folk uses of food and medicinal plants. Nevertheless, other uses, as may well be supposed, account for a significant portion of these folk uses. In the Catalan linguistic domain, a considerable amount of ethnobotanical work has been produced, but to date almost nothing has been published on these other plant uses. M…
Traditional knowledge in semi-rural close to industrial areas: Ethnobotanical studies in western Gironès (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula)
BACKGROUND: and 10,659 inhabitants is composed of 5 municipalities encompassing 29 villages, located in the hydrographic basins of the Ter and Llémena rivers. METHODS: Following the methodology based on the semi-structured interviews, we carried out 40 interviews with 57 informants, 31 were women and the remaining 26 were men, with an average age of 78.6 years. RESULTS: In the present study, data from 316 taxa (301 angiosperms, 8 gymnosperms, and…
Wild food plants and minor crops in the Ripollès district (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Potentialities for Developing a Local Production, Consumption and Exchange Program
The information provided by this kind of research permits the detection of those traditional species that could constitute the basis for the future development and management of wild edible plant resources along with minor crops. It also helps to determine the factors affecting their use, as well as the distinct target groups that such programmes could be addressed to
Filling the gaps: Ethnobotanical study of the Garrigues district, an arid zone in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)
Background This study has focused on the Garrigues district, one of the most arid regions in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula), which, in general terms, has remained unexplored from the ethnobotanical point of view. This area, of 22,243 inhabitants, comprises 33 municipalities distributed across 1123.12 km2. The natural vegetation is dominated by holm oak forests and maquis called 'garriga', the latter giving its name to the district. During the l…
Classification of Unelaborated Culinary Products: Scientific and Culinary Approaches Meet Face to Face
The ongoing academization of gastronomic studies indicates the necessity for a commonly accepted classification system for cooks that does not contradict scientific approaches. This work discusses the fundamentals used by chefs and scientists to classify unelaborated food products; proposes taxonomic gastronomy as a new interdisciplinary framework that studies the taxonomy surrounding gastronomy; and presents a categorization of unelaborated food…
Traditional knowledge 10 min far from Barcelona: Ethnobotanical study in the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula), a heavily anthropized agricultural area
BackgroundThe right floodplain at the Llobregat river delta (Catalonia, NE Iberian Peninsula) constitutes an agricultural periurban area adjacent to Barcelona, which has remained ethnobotanically unexplored until now. This area comprises a very heavily anthropized mosaic of soil uses-urban, industrial, natural, agricultural-including the Agricultural Park of Baix Llobregat. The main aim of this work has been to collect and analyze the ethnoflora …
Does Crop Diversification Pay Off? An Empirical Study in Home Gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
Because of its potential role in providing ecosystem services and private benefits (food security), the concern about the loss of agrobiodiversity has grown. We explore the links between agrobiodiversity and farm financial benefits in small-scale agroecosystems. We measured crop diversity in a subsistence-oriented agricultural production system: home gardens (n = 250) in the Iberian Peninsula. We calculated the imputed market value of home garden…
Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in the regions of L’Alt Empordà and Les Guilleries (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula)
Homegardens and their role as a main source of medicinal plants in mountain regions of Catalonia (Iberian peninsula)
Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in the region of Pallars (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula). Part I. General results and new or very rare medicinal plants
Use of non-crop food vascular plants in Montseny biosphere reserve (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula)
An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in the massif of Montseny (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula), a mountainous UNESCO's biosphere reserve that summarizes the main European (from Mediterranean to subalpine) climates and landscapes. This article presents the results concerning the use of non-crop vascular food plants, numbering 132. Edible plants (75), as well as those involved in drink preparation (84) are considered. The study shows the differe…
Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in the region of Pallars (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula). Part III. Medicinal uses of non-vascular plants
Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in the region of Pallars (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula). Part II. New or very rare uses of previously known medicinal plants
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal and aromatic plants in the Natural Park of “Serra de São Mamede” (Portugal)
Ethnobotany of Sambucus nigra L. in Catalonia (Iberian Peninsula): The Integral Exploitation of a Natural Resource in Mountain Regions
Ethnobotany of Montseny biosphere reserve (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Plants used in veterinary medicine
Studies on pharmaceutical ethnobotany in the high river Ter valley (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula)
Ethnobotany of the Alt Empordà region (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula)
Ethnobotany of Food Plants in the High River Ter Valley (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Non-Crop Food Vascular Plants and Crop Food Plants with Medicinal Properties
The present study reports a part of the findings of an ethnobotanical research project conducted in the Catalan region of the high river Ter valley (Iberian Peninsula), concerning the use of wild vascular plants as food and the medicinal uses of both wild and cultivated food plants. We have detected 100 species which are or have been consumed in this region, 83 of which are treated here (the remaining are the cultivated food plants without additi…
Gendered Homegardens: A Study in Three Mountain Areas of the Iberian Peninsula
Ethnobotany of medicinal plants used in Eastern Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Mediterranean Sea)
Does Crop Diversification Pay Off? An Empirical Study in Home Gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
Because of its potential role in providing ecosystem services and private benefits (food security), the concern about the loss of agrobiodiversity has grown. We explore the links between agrobiodiversity and farm financial benefits in small-scale agroecosystems. We measured crop diversity in a subsistence-oriented agricultural production system: home gardens (n = 250) in the Iberian Peninsula. We calculated the imputed market value of home garden…
Traditional and alternative natural therapeutic products used in the treatment of respiratory tract infectious diseases in the eastern Catalan Pyrenees (Iberian Peninsula)
Resilience of traditional knowledge systems: The case of agricultural knowledge in home gardens of the Iberian Peninsula
Tertius gaudens: Germplasm exchange networks and agroecological knowledge among home gardeners in the Iberian Peninsula
Background The idea that knowledge flows through social networks is implicit in research on traditional knowledge, but researchers have paid scant attention to the role of social networks in shaping its distribution. We bridge those two bodies of research and investigate a) the structure of network of exchange of plant propagation material (germplasm) and b) the relation between a person's centrality in such network and his/her agroecological kno…
Plants with topical uses in the Ripollès district (Pyrenees, Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Ethnobotanical survey and pharmacological validation in the literature
From famine foods to delicatessen: Interpreting trends in the use of wild edible plants through cultural ecosystem services
A Matter of Taste: Local Explanations for the Consumption of Wild Food Plants in the Catalan Pyrenees and the Balearic Islands1
Beyond food and medicine, but necessary for life, too: Other folk plant uses in several territories of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands
BACKGROUND: Ethnobotanical academic research, particularly in European industrialised countries, has been, and is, mostly focused on folk uses of food and medicinal plants. Nevertheless, other uses, as may well be supposed, account for a significant portion of these folk uses. In the Catalan linguistic domain, a considerable amount of ethnobotanical work has been produced, but to date almost nothing has been published on these other plant uses. M…
Wild food plants and minor crops in the Ripollès district (Catalonia, Iberian Peninsula): Potentialities for Developing a Local Production, Consumption and Exchange Program
The information provided by this kind of research permits the detection of those traditional species that could constitute the basis for the future development and management of wild edible plant resources along with minor crops. It also helps to determine the factors affecting their use, as well as the distinct target groups that such programmes could be addressed to
Medicinal plant uses and names from the herbarium of Francesc Bolòs (1773–1844)
Classification of Unelaborated Culinary Products: Scientific and Culinary Approaches Meet Face to Face
The ongoing academization of gastronomic studies indicates the necessity for a commonly accepted classification system for cooks that does not contradict scientific approaches. This work discusses the fundamentals used by chefs and scientists to classify unelaborated food products; proposes taxonomic gastronomy as a new interdisciplinary framework that studies the taxonomy surrounding gastronomy; and presents a categorization of unelaborated food…
Biology (34 works) · Geography (33 works) · Archaeology (25 works) · Ethnobotany (25 works) · Medicinal plants (24 works) · Ecology (23 works) · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (23 works) · Peninsula (21 works) · Medicine (17 works) · Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna (17 works)