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Ethnobotany:
traditional foraging; folk perceptions, categorizations, and uses of wild food
plants
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Food
heritage: neglected ingredients, domestic food-medicines,
traditional fermented foods
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Human
ecology and bio-cultural diversity: cross-cultural and diachronic analyses of
LEK (local environmental knowledge) systems; cultural adaptation processes
STUDY AREAS AND COMMUNITIES
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Cultural
boundaries, minorities, and Diasporas esp. in South-East Europe and the Middle
East
RESEARCH PROJECTIONS/RELEVANCE