*Call for Papers *
<br>Ethnobiology - Perspectives from History, Philosophy, and Sociology of
<br>Science
<br>
<br>*Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical
<br>Sciences*David
<br>Ludwig and Francisco Vergara-Silva (eds.)
<br>
<br>Ethnobiology is an interdisciplinary field at the intersection of
<br>biological and social sciences that studies knowledge systems and practices
<br>of Indigenous, traditional, and other local communities. The complexity of
<br>biological expertise beyond academia raises both theoretical and normative
<br>questions about knowledge diversity in biological and environmental
<br>research. First, there are epistemological and ontological questions about
<br>different ways of producing, organizing, and validating biological
<br>knowledge. Second, there are ethical and political questions about the role
<br>of different knowledge systems in shaping policies and practices. Despite
<br>these complex theoretical and normative issues, ethnobiology currently
<br>lacks integration with debates in History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)
<br>and Science and Technology Studies (STS) more generally. This special issue
<br>aims to synthesize these academic discourses and thereby develop an agenda
<br>for history, philosophy, and social studies of ethnobiology. We invite
<br>contributions that address questions such as:
<br>
<br> - How does research on local biological knowledge relate to
<br> philosophical debates about expertise, knowledge diversity, and standpoint
<br> theory?
<br> - How do cross-cultural similarities between biological epistemologies,
<br> ontologies, and values contribute to debates about issues such as
<br>cognitive
<br> universals, natural kinds, and ontological realism?
<br> - How do cross-cultural differences between biological epistemologies,
<br> ontologies, and values contribute to debates about issues such as
<br> incommensurability, social construction, and relativism?
<br> - How are biological knowledge systems and environmental practices
<br> related to wider intellectual traditions such as Buddhist, Buen Vivir, or
<br> Ubuntu philosophies?
<br> - How does local knowledge interact with normative questions about
<br> epistemic injustice and the political ecology of bioprospecting,
<br> traditional medicine, climate injustice, food sovereignty, forest
<br> conservation, and so on?
<br> - How did ethnobiology become institutionalized as an academic field and
<br> what historical factors have shaped its agendas?
<br> - How does the relatively short history of institutionalized
<br> ethnobiology relate to the long history of interactions between academic
<br> biologists and local experts? How do they relate to (anti-)colonial
<br> histories of botany from the British Raj to the Dutch West Indies?
<br> - What does ethnobiology mean for life sciences in the “Global South”
<br> and how does the field challenge hierarchies between geographic centers
<br>and
<br> peripheries of biological research?
<br> - What is the contribution of ethnobiology to wider debates about
<br> participatory research, responsible innovation, inclusive policy, and
<br> public engagement with science?
<br>
<br>Please submit an abstract of max. 500 words until 20 July 2019 to
<br>david.ludwig@wur.nl and fvs@ib.unam.mx. We will invite full papers by 1
<br>August 2019 and the deadline for full papers is 1 November 2019. Full
<br>papers will have to follow the general Guide for Authors of Studies in
<br>History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences.
<br>
<br>_____
<br>
<br>David Ludwig | Wageningen University | Hollandseweg 1 | 6706 KN Wageningen
<br>+31 (0)647847908 | david.ludwig@wur.nl | http://david-ludwig.com/
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