SEB Student Cafe: May 2025 – A Conversation with Dr. Luisa Maffi

Описание: SEB Student Cafe: May 2025 – A Conversation with Dr. Luisa Maffi was recorded on May 13, 2025.

This cafe was a casual conversation with Dr. Maffi, the pioneering voice for biocultural diversity and Director of Terralingua.

Luisa Maffi, PhD (UC Berkeley, 1994), is co-founder and Director of Terralingua and spearheads Terralingua’s program of work, in addition to serving as Editor of Terralingua’s Langscape Magazine. Trained in linguistics, anthropology, and ethnobiology, Luisa is one of the pioneers of the concept of biocultural diversity. Her interest in the relationships between language, culture, and the environment and between linguistic, cultural, and biological diversity led her to co-found Terralingua in 1996 and to launch the organization’s activities with the interdisciplinary conference “Endangered Languages, Endangered Knowledge, Endangered Environments” (Berkeley, California, USA, 1996).

The SEB Student Cafes are a chance for students to learn and discuss specific areas of ethnobotany with experts whose careers focus on that area. These discussions are organized by the SEB Student Committee, and their goal is to broaden students’ perspectives and understanding of ethnobotanical work, to better inform their own research and career trajectory, and to build a professional network within their areas of interest.

To learn more about SEB and other recordings visit www.ethnobotany.org and choose "Education & Outreach" and then "SEB Virtual Events and Recordings".