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Tuesday May 11

What Have We Learned from Biocultural Diversity Mapping? A Map-Driven Review and Hands-on Discussion of Knowledge Advances and Practical Applications
Tuesday May 11, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, Tin Wis Muu-chin-ink Room
Presenters: Luisa Maffi (Terralingua) and J. Rick Stepp (University of Florida)

Description: Over the past decade, a small but significant body of work on biocultural diversity (BCD) mapping has been developed. At its core, biocultural diversity is a geographical phenomenon, showing an often strong positive correlation in the distribution of biodiversity and linguistic diversity (a measure of the variety of human languages and cultures). The study of biocultural diversity involves a search for patterns across landscapes. As an inherently spatial phenomenon, biocultural diversity can readily be explored through the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Research conducted by Terralingua since 1998 and at the Ethnobiology Laboratory of the University of Florida’s Anthropology Department since 2003 has resulted in the development of maps of the world’s ecoregions and ethnolinguistic groups and of a global database and a series of maps that portray the linkages between biodiversity and linguistic diversity globally as well as in a variety of regions throughout the world. The work conducted at the University of Florida has also involved the development of statistical methods for the analysis of biodiversity-linguistic diversity correlations, in an effort to identify major factors of biocultural diversity permanence or loss. These maps and analyses can serve as valuable tools for stakeholders, researchers, educators and policymakers. 

This contribution will combine the format of a lively presentation with that of a hands-on demonstration and discussion with the audience. One of the presenters (Maffi) will “interview” the other (Stepp), asking relevant questions that will frame a PowerPoint presentation of the maps and analyses. The presenters will also discuss plans for the development of a BCD mapping portal, which (pending funding) will make existing maps and analytical tools, as well as further BCD mapping work, available to all interested parties. This part of the presentation will be followed by an extended opportunity for the audience to ask questions, familiarize themselves with the tools used in this mapping work, and discuss related experiences with BCD mapping and relevant applications. One potential by-product of this presentation will be the identification and pooling of other BCD mapping resources that might be included in the planned portal. 

The University of Florida BCD map posters will be on exhibit during the presentation.

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