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Bancopuma

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Hi y'all,

It seems like there are some really bright and enquiring minds here on the Nexus, which I dig...

I'm assuming quite a few of you like working with plants, so thought I would provide a link to this postgraduate MSc course in Ethnobotany at Kent.

The only Masters degree of its kind in the UK...you work in association with the uni Anthroplogy department, DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) and Kew Gardens in London.

Following my BSc this is my future plan...I have already got in contact witht hem, and if I graduate with a decent degree, may well be able to conduct postgraduate research with ayahuasca which I think would be pretty amazing.

I thought I'd just provide the link for anyone who may be interested...

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The School of Anthropology and Conservation offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in wildlife conservation and anthropology, including social and biological anthropology. It has a thriving international research community and is proud of the contribution its graduates make as...
www.kent.ac.uk www.kent.ac.uk
 
I'm already getting a degree in ethnobotany of sorts (I'd tell y'all where, but that would be disclose my location).

Currently studying botany, pharmacology, horticulture and lots of other subjects. My major is in botany.

Perhaps after I get my 4-year degree in botany here in the States I can go to Europe and get my Masters in ethnobotany!
 
Maybe. It could be motivating too. What if you are the last generation of ethnobotanists who can actually interview elders with memories of pre-contact times? This means you gotta get to recording this ancient knowledge now before it is gone.
 
It just feels like too huge of a job! I can barely take care of all the botanicals I have now! It is a CONSTANT job!
 
Yo guys,

Its is a big job, but I think we could do with a lot more people studying plants and our species' interactions with them...everytime the last shaman of a dying tribe dies, its like a library of ethnobotanical knowledge dies with him, forever...letalone plant species that go extinct...more people should be safe guarding these people, their knoweldge, and plants in general.
 
..everytime the last shaman of a dying tribe dies, its like a library of ethnobotanical knowledge dies with him, forever
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Exactly! This is why I'm so into botanicals! We may find something out there BETTER than DMT! I just think some of you forget where entheogens REALLY came from! Not from some beaker in a lab... but from the plants, cacti and fungi of the Earth!
 
I realize that this topic is extremly old, but do you have to study something before going into ethnobotany or is it possible studying it first then something else?
 
I am working towards my BS in Botany, and I will minor in Anthropology. Unless you go to one of the two schools that offer a degree in Ethnobotany, then botany and anthro should be your path.

Hopefully I will be able to go to one of the two schools that do offer it to obtain a masters. For right now, It looks like independent studies alongside my schooling will have to do.

Ethnobotanists unite!!
 
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