Emelie A Olson
Biographic Data
| ID | 159069 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emelie A Olson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emelie A |
| FAMILY NAME | Olson |
| SIGNATURE | OLSON E A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Utah University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8570-3252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 63 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
A university-wide survey of caregiving students in the US: Individual differences and associations with emotional and academic adjustment
The United States (US) does not formally count, recognize, or support students in higher education who are caregivers, unlike England and Australia. This mixed-methods study presents results from a new survey of caregiving undergraduate and graduate students at a large university in the US. Students ( N = 7592; 62.7% White, 69.9% women) reported their caregiving responsibilities, depression, and anxiety, which were linked to administrative record…
When is it Appropriate to Reference Identities, Relationships of Belonging, or Knowledge Lineages in Ethnobiological Scholarship
Ethnobiology After Four Years of Socioecological Violence
Medicinal Plants of Tecopatlán, Jalisco, Mexico: Description of the Uses and Environmental Availability
The non-Indigenous, mestizo, ejido (communal agricultural land) Tecopatlán is located in the municipality of Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, in the influence zone of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve (SMBR). The primary purpose of this research was to characterize traditional knowledge of medicinal plants held by residents of Tecopatlán in relationship to the land use patterns of the ejido. We interviewed 34 people, selected by convenience sa…
Intellectual Property Rights and Ethnobiology: An Update on Posey's Call to Action
Following the 1988 International Congress of Ethnobiology, at which the Belém Declaration had been adopted, Darrell Posey published a global call to action for researchers and policy makers to address outstanding issues related to the protection of Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) (1990a). ILK protections are today largely treated as a matter of intellectual property rights, a field whose global political landscape has undergone intense regul…
Mentoring is an Intellectual Pillar of Ethnobiology
Ethnobiology relies on community partnerships and relationships between elders or other knowledge keepers and students. Our Society of Ethnobiology, like all academic organizations, has its own issues with discrimination and abuses of power. But more than other academic disciplines, contemporary ethnobiology is practiced with and strengthened by close, respectful working relationships. As such, we offer our thoughts on the lessons ethnobiology br…
Publishing in Ethnobiology Letters in 2018
Ethnobiology Letters was launched in 2010 with the goal of providing a free-to-publish, open-access, online venue for short peer-reviewed articles in ethnobiology (Wolverton et al. 2010). Over the course of nine volumes, which comprise 12 issues, published since that date, Ethnobiology Letters has grown and changed, with new editors, authors, and submission categories. We write this editorial to highlight those changes, as well as to report submi…
Plurality in Ethnobiology: A Look Towards 2017
Editorialintolerance and populist extremism in Europe and North America during the worst global migrant crisis since World War II.There is continued violence toward Indigenous peoples and their lands as economic and political pursuits trump local cultural and ecological values.Academic publishing and the production of knowledge are in upheaval as the commercialization of science and commodification of scientific production escalate.Against this b…
Introduction: Between Capitalism, the State, and the Grassroots: Mexico′s Contribution to a Global Conservation Debate
This introduction situates Mexico in the research on conservation and society, illustrating some nuances and characteristics of the Mexican model of biodiversity conservation in relation to neoliberal economic development and state formation. The paper critiques the way neoliberalism has become a common framework to understand conservation's social practices. Drawing on the ethnographies collected in this special section, the paper considers the …
Anthropology and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Summary of Quantitative Approaches to Traditional Knowledge, Market Participation, and Conservation
In this paper, I summarize some of the current trends in quantitative anthropological investigations of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and political-economic systems. I first provide an overview of the quantitative studies of TEK, focusing on the various research methods commonly employed in ethnoecology. Anthropologists use techniques such as freelists, pile sorts, objective tests, and semi-structured interviews with key informants to el…
They Work Harder Now: Postponed Retirement in Village Turkey
In accord with a widespread belief that “modernization” brings about improvement in the quality of life, it is also sometimes assumed that in communities undergoing urbanization, industrialization, and mechanization the older generation will enjoy more leisure time than did their own parents. Whether or not this might be true generally, the reverse seems to be true for farm families in two villages in southwestern Turkey.Thirty years ago, living …
The Use of Religious Symbol Systems and Ritual in Turkey: Women's Activities at Muslim Saints' Shrines
Bridewealth and Dowry Revisited: The Position of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa and North India [and Comments and Reply]
Muslim Identity and Secularism in Contemporary Turkey: The Headscarf Dispute
Part 4: Situational and attitudinal factors in fertility limitation in Turkey
This article presents a somewhat speculative picture of fertility-limiting behavior within the duofocal family in Turkey, supported with data from the 1968 survey, other research on fertility limitation, and from ethnographic studies. The focus was on the ability of the woman to fully realize the potential for autonomy afforded by the duofocal family structure in attempting fertility limitation. This was shown to be determined largely by the oppo…
Bridewealth and Dowry Revisited: The Position of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa and North India [and Comments and Reply]
Intellectual Property Rights and Ethnobiology: An Update on Posey's Call to Action
Following the 1988 International Congress of Ethnobiology, at which the Belém Declaration had been adopted, Darrell Posey published a global call to action for researchers and policy makers to address outstanding issues related to the protection of Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) (1990a). ILK protections are today largely treated as a matter of intellectual property rights, a field whose global political landscape has undergone intense regul…
Muslim Identity and Secularism in Contemporary Turkey: The Headscarf Dispute
Anthropology and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Summary of Quantitative Approaches to Traditional Knowledge, Market Participation, and Conservation
In this paper, I summarize some of the current trends in quantitative anthropological investigations of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and political-economic systems. I first provide an overview of the quantitative studies of TEK, focusing on the various research methods commonly employed in ethnoecology. Anthropologists use techniques such as freelists, pile sorts, objective tests, and semi-structured interviews with key informants to el…
When is it Appropriate to Reference Identities, Relationships of Belonging, or Knowledge Lineages in Ethnobiological Scholarship
Medicinal Plants of Tecopatlán, Jalisco, Mexico: Description of the Uses and Environmental Availability
The non-Indigenous, mestizo, ejido (communal agricultural land) Tecopatlán is located in the municipality of Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, in the influence zone of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve (SMBR). The primary purpose of this research was to characterize traditional knowledge of medicinal plants held by residents of Tecopatlán in relationship to the land use patterns of the ejido. We interviewed 34 people, selected by convenience sa…
Ethnobiology After Four Years of Socioecological Violence
Mentoring is an Intellectual Pillar of Ethnobiology
Ethnobiology relies on community partnerships and relationships between elders or other knowledge keepers and students. Our Society of Ethnobiology, like all academic organizations, has its own issues with discrimination and abuses of power. But more than other academic disciplines, contemporary ethnobiology is practiced with and strengthened by close, respectful working relationships. As such, we offer our thoughts on the lessons ethnobiology br…
Plurality in Ethnobiology: A Look Towards 2017
Editorialintolerance and populist extremism in Europe and North America during the worst global migrant crisis since World War II.There is continued violence toward Indigenous peoples and their lands as economic and political pursuits trump local cultural and ecological values.Academic publishing and the production of knowledge are in upheaval as the commercialization of science and commodification of scientific production escalate.Against this b…
The Use of Religious Symbol Systems and Ritual in Turkey: Women's Activities at Muslim Saints' Shrines
Part 4: Situational and attitudinal factors in fertility limitation in Turkey
This article presents a somewhat speculative picture of fertility-limiting behavior within the duofocal family in Turkey, supported with data from the 1968 survey, other research on fertility limitation, and from ethnographic studies. The focus was on the ability of the woman to fully realize the potential for autonomy afforded by the duofocal family structure in attempting fertility limitation. This was shown to be determined largely by the oppo…
Muslim Identity and Secularism in Contemporary Turkey: The Headscarf Dispute
Bridewealth and Dowry Revisited: The Position of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa and North India [and Comments and Reply]
The Use of Religious Symbol Systems and Ritual in Turkey: Women's Activities at Muslim Saints' Shrines
They Work Harder Now: Postponed Retirement in Village Turkey
In accord with a widespread belief that “modernization” brings about improvement in the quality of life, it is also sometimes assumed that in communities undergoing urbanization, industrialization, and mechanization the older generation will enjoy more leisure time than did their own parents. Whether or not this might be true generally, the reverse seems to be true for farm families in two villages in southwestern Turkey.Thirty years ago, living …
Anthropology and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Summary of Quantitative Approaches to Traditional Knowledge, Market Participation, and Conservation
In this paper, I summarize some of the current trends in quantitative anthropological investigations of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and political-economic systems. I first provide an overview of the quantitative studies of TEK, focusing on the various research methods commonly employed in ethnoecology. Anthropologists use techniques such as freelists, pile sorts, objective tests, and semi-structured interviews with key informants to el…
Introduction: Between Capitalism, the State, and the Grassroots: Mexico′s Contribution to a Global Conservation Debate
This introduction situates Mexico in the research on conservation and society, illustrating some nuances and characteristics of the Mexican model of biodiversity conservation in relation to neoliberal economic development and state formation. The paper critiques the way neoliberalism has become a common framework to understand conservation's social practices. Drawing on the ethnographies collected in this special section, the paper considers the …
Plurality in Ethnobiology: A Look Towards 2017
Editorialintolerance and populist extremism in Europe and North America during the worst global migrant crisis since World War II.There is continued violence toward Indigenous peoples and their lands as economic and political pursuits trump local cultural and ecological values.Academic publishing and the production of knowledge are in upheaval as the commercialization of science and commodification of scientific production escalate.Against this b…
Publishing in Ethnobiology Letters in 2018
Ethnobiology Letters was launched in 2010 with the goal of providing a free-to-publish, open-access, online venue for short peer-reviewed articles in ethnobiology (Wolverton et al. 2010). Over the course of nine volumes, which comprise 12 issues, published since that date, Ethnobiology Letters has grown and changed, with new editors, authors, and submission categories. We write this editorial to highlight those changes, as well as to report submi…
Intellectual Property Rights and Ethnobiology: An Update on Posey's Call to Action
Following the 1988 International Congress of Ethnobiology, at which the Belém Declaration had been adopted, Darrell Posey published a global call to action for researchers and policy makers to address outstanding issues related to the protection of Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) (1990a). ILK protections are today largely treated as a matter of intellectual property rights, a field whose global political landscape has undergone intense regul…
Mentoring is an Intellectual Pillar of Ethnobiology
Ethnobiology relies on community partnerships and relationships between elders or other knowledge keepers and students. Our Society of Ethnobiology, like all academic organizations, has its own issues with discrimination and abuses of power. But more than other academic disciplines, contemporary ethnobiology is practiced with and strengthened by close, respectful working relationships. As such, we offer our thoughts on the lessons ethnobiology br…
Medicinal Plants of Tecopatlán, Jalisco, Mexico: Description of the Uses and Environmental Availability
The non-Indigenous, mestizo, ejido (communal agricultural land) Tecopatlán is located in the municipality of Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, in the influence zone of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve (SMBR). The primary purpose of this research was to characterize traditional knowledge of medicinal plants held by residents of Tecopatlán in relationship to the land use patterns of the ejido. We interviewed 34 people, selected by convenience sa…
When is it Appropriate to Reference Identities, Relationships of Belonging, or Knowledge Lineages in Ethnobiological Scholarship
Ethnobiology After Four Years of Socioecological Violence
A university-wide survey of caregiving students in the US: Individual differences and associations with emotional and academic adjustment
The United States (US) does not formally count, recognize, or support students in higher education who are caregivers, unlike England and Australia. This mixed-methods study presents results from a new survey of caregiving undergraduate and graduate students at a large university in the US. Students ( N = 7592; 62.7% White, 69.9% women) reported their caregiving responsibilities, depression, and anxiety, which were linked to administrative record…
Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Edible Plants Amongst Children from Two Rural Communities in Western Mexico
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