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BOT 105 Schedule Fall 2009 |
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| August 15 (Friday) "Statehood" day to consider what is REAL history |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory
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Field-Trips
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Introduction |
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 1-23 |
Orientation |
none |
Aug
24-28 |
1. Opening Oli
2. Introduction |
History |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
| September 01 Labor Day Holiday |
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Who Leads? People or Plants? |
No assigned readings |
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| Aug. 31-Sep 04 |
1. Guns, Germs & Steel
2. Transported Landscapes
3. Origins of Plant Uses |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory
Tuesday/Wednesday |
Field-Trips |
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3 |
An Ocean in Mind |
Abbott 1992 pages 1-44
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 98-113 |
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Sep
07-11 |
1. Evolution of Pacific Cultures
2. Lapita Toolkits
3. Canoe Plants: Five Pacific Trees
4. Crops in Pacific Island Cultures |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory
Tuesday/Wednesday |
Field-Trips |
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4 |
What's Really for Dinner
Major Crops |
Abbott 1992 pages 43-44
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 63-97
Chock 1968 pages 221-238 |
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Foster GardenTour |
Sep
14-18 |
1. Wild Plant Foods
2. Origins of Agriculture
3. World Food Crops
4. Foraging (currently unavailable so not required to watch)
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Nutrition
We will be eating rice in class today--please bring bowls and chopsticks or forks. Bringing other food is also highly encouraged! |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
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Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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5 |
The Spice of Life
Foster Garden Worksheet Due by September 22 or 23 |
Abbott 1992 pages 45-48 and 93-96
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 132-141
Nguyen 2005 pages 185-196 |
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Sep
21-25 |
1. Limu (Algae)
2. Cultural and Culinary Ethnobotanical Knowledge
3. Spices and Herbs |
Marine Biology |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory
Tuesday/Wednesday |
Field-Trips |
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6 |
Kava and ceremonial beverages
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Abbott 1992 pages 42-43 and 113-116
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 160-164 |
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'awa Festival at Manoa Campus |
Sep 28 --
Oct 02 |
1. Stimulating Beverages
2. Alcoholic Beverages
3. 'awa and Cultural Conservation |
A. Psychology
B. Chemistry |
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Oct 3, 9am-5pm
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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7 |
I'll Drink to That! Plant Chemistry and Spices |
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 145-177 |
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Oct
05-09 |
1. Entering Another World
2. Psychoactive Plants I
3. Psychoactive Plants II |
A. Plant Pathology
B. Mycology |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory
Tuesday/Wednesday |
Field-Trips |
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8 |
So Bitter, So Strong! |
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 25-52 |
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Oct
12-16 |
1. Illness and Medicine in Cultural Settings
2. Making Sense of Plant Medicines
3. Herbal Remedies |
Medicine |
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Oct
19-23 |
Midterm Examination
Oct 20 or 21
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All readings, discussions & videos |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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9 |
Peaceful Warriors
Visiting a Community Resource Worksheet Due by October 27 or 28 |
Abbott 1992 pages 97-104
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 53-61 |
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Bishop Museum |
Oct
26-30 |
1. Polynesian Herbal Medicine
2. Rotuman Health Care
3. Hawaiian Health Care
4. Chinese Traditional Medicine
5. Medicinal Plants Dolpo, Nepal |
Sustainable Agriculture |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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10 |
Maintaining the Beat: Tapa, paper, cloth and cordage |
Abbott 1992 pages 49-63 and 117-122
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 93-95 and 125-128 |
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Nov. 2-6 |
1. A Plant Walk with Hula Plants
2. Kuo Hina E Hiapo
3. Felted Bark: Kapa/Tapa
4. Recollection of a Family Tradition |
A. Plant Anatomy
B. Mathematics and Music |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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Nov
9-13 |
Reading and Review Week
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All readings, discussions and videos since the mid-term exam.
Work on the written assignment. |
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| November 11 Veterans Day Holiday |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory (Tues/Wed) |
Field-Trips |
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Folk Taxonomy
Bishop Museum Worksheet Due by Nov 17 or 18
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Abbott 1992 pages 64-70 |
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Lyon Arboretum Plant Sale
Sat., Nov 21, 9am-2pm |
Nov
16-20 |
1. Why are Plants Useful to Us?
2. What Makes Plants Waterproof?
3. Taxonomy |
Botany
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
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Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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12 |
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Written Assignment Due
by Nov 24 or 25 |
Abbott 1992 pages 64-70
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 99-143 |
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Nov. 23-25 |
1. Hawaiian Housing Materials
2. Shelter and Cultural Identification with Nature
3. Architecture & Historic Buildings
4. Home Gardens |
Horticulture
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| November 26-27 Thanksgiving Day Holiday Recess |
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
Readings & Segues |
Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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Saving Culture and the Environment
All Extra Credit Due
by December 01 or 02 |
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 128-132 and 179-208 |
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Nov. 30 - Dec 4 |
1. Ethnoecology and Conservation
2. Ethnobotany and Conservation in Africa
3. Carving a Future: 10 lessons for sustainable woodcarving
4. Ethnobotany and Conservation in Micronesia |
Ecology
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
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Laboratory |
Field-Trips |
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Faith and Science |
Abbott 1992 pages 113-118 |
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Dec. 7-10
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1. Ethics
2. Buddhism and Plants
3. Christianity and Plants |
Segue Evaluation (conclusion)
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Discussion Topics & Videos |
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Laboratory |
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Dec
14-18 |
Final Exams as scheduled |
All readings, discussions and videos since the mid-term exam |
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