J R Stepp
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 58038 |
|---|---|
| NOME | J R Stepp |
| PRENOMES | J R |
| SOBRENOME | Stepp |
| ASSINATURA | STEPP J R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9594-9187 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 246 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 39 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Michael Sheridan, ‘Roots of Power
Michael Sheridan, Roots of Power: The Political Ecology of Boundary Plants (New York: Routledge, 2023) 290 pp., $128.00 (cloth), $43.99 (pbk). ISBN: 978-1032411408
Upholding Ethical Accountability in Ethnobotany and Ethnobiology Research
Biocultural Conservation of Indigenous Foods and Their Potential as Alternative Food Sources in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs), Bangladesh
This study documented the lesser-known indigenous fruits and vegetables used in a montane area of high biocultural diversity in Bangladesh, the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs), and analyzed the nutritional values of selected species. Over 125 species were noted, and based on their frequent uses, 10 plant species were selected for nutritional analysis. All of the analyzed fruits and vegetables contain significant amounts of nutrients. Adoption of th…
Ethnobiotica
Ethnobiotica
Nuosu Horticulturalists' Local Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants and Fungi and Socio-Economic Implications in Yunnan, Southwest China
The collection and consumption of wild edible plants (WEPs) and fungi is an important part of the foodways of many populations worldwide. Knowledge of WEPs and fungi is considered a significant component of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), and is greatly impacted by social, economic, political, and cultural contexts and changes. T his study showcases a naturalistic comparison between more traditional villages and villages that were part of…
Ethnoecology
Ethnoecology is an interdisciplinary field that bridges approaches in the social and biological sciences to examine how humans use, know, experience, and interact with plants, animals, fungi, and other life forms, along with abiotic environments. It primarily grew out of the field of ethnobiology, and both have been heavily influenced by the field of ethnoscience that sought to understand the native/insider/emic perspective. While it may appear a…
Ecomyopia in the Anthropocene
The authors apply longue durée and semiotic approaches to a case study of flood management in the American Midwest to critique the suggestion that naming the current geological epoch the ‘Anthropocene’ might encourage global environmental sustainability. It is unlikely that the Anthropocene moniker has the symbolic power to correct ecomyopia, which the authors define as the tendency to not recognize, to ignore, or fail to act on new information t…
Beyond yields
Climate change is impacting the sustainability of food systems through shifts in natural and human dimensions of agroecosystems that influence farmer livelihoods, consumer choices, and food security. This paper highlights the need for climate studies on specialty crops to focus not only on yields, but also on quality, as well as the ability of agroecological management to buffer climate effects on quality parameters. Crop quality refers to phyton…
Ethnobiological Memoirs and Memory
Special Issue on Memoirs and Memorylarger community perhaps no one has reflected more consistently throughout his career as Nabhan, through numerous books as well as more recently a series of essays in the sister journal to this publication, Journal of Ethnobiology.Other ethnobiologists have used at least part of an otherwise data oriented and scientific monograph to reflect on the personal.We seem to be most at home when publishing memoirs in th…
Engaging indigenous and academic knowledge on bees in the Amazon
This paper contributes to the development of theoretical and methodological approaches that aim to engage indigenous, technical and academic knowledge for environmental management. We present an exploratory analysis of a transdisciplinary project carried out to identify and contrast indigenous and academic perspectives on the relationship between the Africanized honey bee and stingless bee species in the Brazilian Amazon. The project was develope…
Cultural Uses, Ecosystem Services, and Nutrient Profile of Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) in the Highlands of Western Yunnan, China
Herbal remedy knowledge acquisition and transmission among the Yucatec Maya in Tabi, Mexico
There are two possible mechanisms that could account for the differences between cohorts: 1) knowledge accumulation over time; and/or 2) the stunting of knowledge acquisition through delayed acquisition, competing treatment options, and changes in values. Primary ethnographic evidence suggests that both mechanisms may be at play in Tabi. Future studies using longitudinal or cross-site comparisons are necessary to determine the whether and how the…
Comparative homegarden medical ethnobotany of Naxi healers and farmers in Northwestern Yunnan, China
BackgroundHomegardens are ecologically and culturally important systems for cultivating medicinal plants for wellbeing by healers and farmers in Naxi communities of the Sino Himalayan region. The cultivation of medicinal plants in Naxi communities and associated ethnomedical knowledge base for maintaining and utilizing these resources is at risk with expanded commercialization of natural resources, development policies and rapid socio-economic ch…
Ethnobiology, Religion, Nature and Culture
John Richard Stepp introduces this special issue of JSRNC on Ethnobiology, Religion, Nature, and Culture
An empirical comparison of knowledge and skill in the context of traditional ecological knowledge
BackgroundWe test whether traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) about how to make an item predicts a person's skill at making it among the Tsimane' (Bolivia). The rationale for this research is that the failure to distinguish between knowledge and skill might account for some of the conflicting results about the relationships between TEK, human health, and economic development.MethodsWe test the association between a commonly-used measure of ind…
Distribution of Herbal Remedy Knowledge in Tabi, Yucatan, Mexico
The Role of Montane Forests for Indigenous Dongba Papermaking in the Naxi Highlands of Northwest Yunnan, China
China's rapid economic development is influencing cultural practices and natural resource management in indigenous mountain communities throughout the country. Numerous studies have documented loss and change of cultural practices and environmental degradation in indigenous communities with the expansion of roads, markets, tourism, and other infrastructure development. The present study focuses on papermaking, a socioecological practice that bega…
Pu-erh tea tasting in Yunnan, China
Increased Market Integration, Value, and Ecological Knowledge of Tea Agroforests in the Akha Highlands of Southwest China
Ahmed, S., J. R. Stepp, R. A. J. Toleno, and C. M. Peters. 2010. Increased market integration, value, and ecological knowledge of tea agro-forests in the Akha highlands of southwest China. Ecology and Society 15(4): 27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03728-150427
The Application of Ethnobotanical Research to Working Forests in the Tropics
In this special issue of Ethnobotany Research and Applications, members and affiliates of the National Science Foundation funded Working Forest in the Tropics Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (hereafter WFT-IGERT present case studies from research in Mesoamerica, lowland and montane Amazonia, the Andean Sierra, and Sub-Saharan Africa. In the spirit of actively engaging graduate students in publications and professional acti…
Ethnoecological Importance Value (EIV) Methodology
The study took place in the Guaymi Indigenous Reserve of Coto Brus, in the southern Pacific region of Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. The purpose of the project was to investigate the cultural importance of different successional stages for providing the Guaymi with wild food plants and to test a new methodology for evaluating the ethnoecological importance of each successional stage. Forty six members of the community were interviewed about wild foods…
Interactions between the Mississippi Choctaw and European Americans through the sport of Toli
Toli or stickball is a Native American sport with pre-Columbian roots that remains an important sport for many Native American groups, especially the Mississippi Choctaw. In 1989 a toli team was created at the University of Georgia, which subsequently established regular matches with a Choctaw team. This paper offers an analysis of matches staged in the late 1990s. Despite the ritualized violence, this study finds that the shared experience of pl…
Political Ecology in a Yucatec Maya Community
Mountains and Biocultural Diversity
The importance of montane regions for biological diversity is well known. We also know that mountains contain a great deal of cultural diversity, despite the relatively small number of people living in mountains compared to other regions. What has been less explored is the interrelationship between mountains, biological diversity, and cultural diversity. The study of biocultural diversity involves a search for patterns across landscapes. As an in…
Persistence of Botanical Knowledge among Tzeltal Maya Children
The importance of weeds in ethnopharmacology
Engaging indigenous and academic knowledge on bees in the Amazon
This paper contributes to the development of theoretical and methodological approaches that aim to engage indigenous, technical and academic knowledge for environmental management. We present an exploratory analysis of a transdisciplinary project carried out to identify and contrast indigenous and academic perspectives on the relationship between the Africanized honey bee and stingless bee species in the Brazilian Amazon. The project was develope…
Comparative homegarden medical ethnobotany of Naxi healers and farmers in Northwestern Yunnan, China
BackgroundHomegardens are ecologically and culturally important systems for cultivating medicinal plants for wellbeing by healers and farmers in Naxi communities of the Sino Himalayan region. The cultivation of medicinal plants in Naxi communities and associated ethnomedical knowledge base for maintaining and utilizing these resources is at risk with expanded commercialization of natural resources, development policies and rapid socio-economic ch…
Advances in Ethnobiological Field Methods
This article serves as an introduction for a special issue of Field Methods titled "Field Methods in Ethnobiology." The contribution of ethnobiological research to the development of methods in the social sciences is explored in a historical perspective. A summary of the articles found in the special issue is presented
Upholding Ethical Accountability in Ethnobotany and Ethnobiology Research
Herbal remedy knowledge acquisition and transmission among the Yucatec Maya in Tabi, Mexico
There are two possible mechanisms that could account for the differences between cohorts: 1) knowledge accumulation over time; and/or 2) the stunting of knowledge acquisition through delayed acquisition, competing treatment options, and changes in values. Primary ethnographic evidence suggests that both mechanisms may be at play in Tabi. Future studies using longitudinal or cross-site comparisons are necessary to determine the whether and how the…
An empirical comparison of knowledge and skill in the context of traditional ecological knowledge
BackgroundWe test whether traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) about how to make an item predicts a person's skill at making it among the Tsimane' (Bolivia). The rationale for this research is that the failure to distinguish between knowledge and skill might account for some of the conflicting results about the relationships between TEK, human health, and economic development.MethodsWe test the association between a commonly-used measure of ind…
Increased Market Integration, Value, and Ecological Knowledge of Tea Agroforests in the Akha Highlands of Southwest China
Ahmed, S., J. R. Stepp, R. A. J. Toleno, and C. M. Peters. 2010. Increased market integration, value, and ecological knowledge of tea agro-forests in the Akha highlands of southwest China. Ecology and Society 15(4): 27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03728-150427
Distribution of Herbal Remedy Knowledge in Tabi, Yucatan, Mexico
On Maya Medicine and the Biomedical Gaze
Prospectus for Information Ecology
Information Ecology (hereafter IE) is a field of inquiry being developed, in part, by members of the Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia (Appendix A). The following prospectus represents a work in progress and is the latest incarnation in a series of revisions since the first IE prospectus was developed in 1990 (Appendix B). The purpose of the prospectus is not to bound what is, admittedly, an eclectic mode of investigation, but rat…
Ecomyopia in the Anthropocene
The authors apply longue durée and semiotic approaches to a case study of flood management in the American Midwest to critique the suggestion that naming the current geological epoch the ‘Anthropocene’ might encourage global environmental sustainability. It is unlikely that the Anthropocene moniker has the symbolic power to correct ecomyopia, which the authors define as the tendency to not recognize, to ignore, or fail to act on new information t…
Plant Resins. Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, Ethnobotany
Cultural Uses, Ecosystem Services, and Nutrient Profile of Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) in the Highlands of Western Yunnan, China
Ethnobiology, Religion, Nature and Culture
John Richard Stepp introduces this special issue of JSRNC on Ethnobiology, Religion, Nature, and Culture
Political Ecology in a Yucatec Maya Community
Mutual Gains
Points the way to widened worker participation, greater employment security, and improved competitiveness for workers and employers alike. William Batt, U.S. Department of Labor
Prospectus for Information Ecology
Information Ecology (hereafter IE) is a field of inquiry being developed, in part, by members of the Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia (Appendix A). The following prospectus represents a work in progress and is the latest incarnation in a series of revisions since the first IE prospectus was developed in 1990 (Appendix B). The purpose of the prospectus is not to bound what is, admittedly, an eclectic mode of investigation, but rat…
Mountain Ethnobiology and Development in Highland Chiapas, Mexico
Ethnobiology has a rich tradition of understanding and documenting ecological knowledge of traditional peoples living in montane environments. These peoples and their environments currently face great threats to their continued existence. The Highland region of Chiapas, Mexico (Figure 1), in particular, is an area of interest to both ethnobiologists and development practitioners. The montane forests of this region are considered one of Conservati…
The importance of weeds in ethnopharmacology
On Maya Medicine and the Biomedical Gaze
Remarkable Properties of Human Ecosystems
"This paper explores some of the remarkable properties that set human ecosystems apart from nonhuman ecosystems. The identification of these properties provides a framework for bridging the theoretical and methodological divide between biological ecology and human ecology. The unique information-processing capability of humans in ecosystems is central to this framework. We discuss several manifestations of human cognitive and behavioral abilities…
A New Ecosystems Ecology for Anthropology
"Conversation between anthropology and ecosystems ecology was interrupted in the early 1980s, due to several well-reasoned critiques of then-popular applications of ecosystems theory in anthropology and due, especially perhaps, to the appearance of promising alternative ecological and evolutionary paradigms and programs. Since then, ecosystems ecology has been both refined and transformed by the study of complex systems, with its radical critique…
Plant Resins. Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, Ethnobotany
Amazon Sweet Sea
The role of weeds as sources of pharmaceuticals
The Plan Puebla-Panamá
Persistence of Botanical Knowledge among Tzeltal Maya Children
Mountains and Biocultural Diversity
The importance of montane regions for biological diversity is well known. We also know that mountains contain a great deal of cultural diversity, despite the relatively small number of people living in mountains compared to other regions. What has been less explored is the interrelationship between mountains, biological diversity, and cultural diversity. The study of biocultural diversity involves a search for patterns across landscapes. As an in…
Medicinal Plants in Folk Traditions. An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland
Advances in Ethnobiological Field Methods
This article serves as an introduction for a special issue of Field Methods titled "Field Methods in Ethnobiology." The contribution of ethnobiological research to the development of methods in the social sciences is explored in a historical perspective. A summary of the articles found in the special issue is presented
Interactions between the Mississippi Choctaw and European Americans through the sport of Toli
Toli or stickball is a Native American sport with pre-Columbian roots that remains an important sport for many Native American groups, especially the Mississippi Choctaw. In 1989 a toli team was created at the University of Georgia, which subsequently established regular matches with a Choctaw team. This paper offers an analysis of matches staged in the late 1990s. Despite the ritualized violence, this study finds that the shared experience of pl…
Political Ecology in a Yucatec Maya Community
The Application of Ethnobotanical Research to Working Forests in the Tropics
In this special issue of Ethnobotany Research and Applications, members and affiliates of the National Science Foundation funded Working Forest in the Tropics Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (hereafter WFT-IGERT present case studies from research in Mesoamerica, lowland and montane Amazonia, the Andean Sierra, and Sub-Saharan Africa. In the spirit of actively engaging graduate students in publications and professional acti…
Ethnoecological Importance Value (EIV) Methodology
The study took place in the Guaymi Indigenous Reserve of Coto Brus, in the southern Pacific region of Punta Arenas, Costa Rica. The purpose of the project was to investigate the cultural importance of different successional stages for providing the Guaymi with wild food plants and to test a new methodology for evaluating the ethnoecological importance of each successional stage. Forty six members of the community were interviewed about wild foods…
Pu-erh tea tasting in Yunnan, China
Increased Market Integration, Value, and Ecological Knowledge of Tea Agroforests in the Akha Highlands of Southwest China
Ahmed, S., J. R. Stepp, R. A. J. Toleno, and C. M. Peters. 2010. Increased market integration, value, and ecological knowledge of tea agro-forests in the Akha highlands of southwest China. Ecology and Society 15(4): 27. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-03728-150427
The Role of Montane Forests for Indigenous Dongba Papermaking in the Naxi Highlands of Northwest Yunnan, China
China's rapid economic development is influencing cultural practices and natural resource management in indigenous mountain communities throughout the country. Numerous studies have documented loss and change of cultural practices and environmental degradation in indigenous communities with the expansion of roads, markets, tourism, and other infrastructure development. The present study focuses on papermaking, a socioecological practice that bega…
Distribution of Herbal Remedy Knowledge in Tabi, Yucatan, Mexico
Ethnobiology, Religion, Nature and Culture
John Richard Stepp introduces this special issue of JSRNC on Ethnobiology, Religion, Nature, and Culture
An empirical comparison of knowledge and skill in the context of traditional ecological knowledge
BackgroundWe test whether traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) about how to make an item predicts a person's skill at making it among the Tsimane' (Bolivia). The rationale for this research is that the failure to distinguish between knowledge and skill might account for some of the conflicting results about the relationships between TEK, human health, and economic development.MethodsWe test the association between a commonly-used measure of ind…
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