2011
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-011-9401-3
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Cross-Cultural Ethnobiology in the Western Balkans: Medical Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology Among Albanians and Serbs in the Pešter Plateau, Sandžak, South-Western Serbia

Abstract: An ethnobiological study concerning the medical ethnobotany and ethnozoology of two neighbouring communities of Serbians and Albanians living in the Pešter plateau (south-western Serbia) was conducted, the latter representing a diasporic community that immigrated to the area approximately three centuries ago. Sixty-two botanical taxa used in 129 plant-based remedies and 204 folk plant uses were recorded. In addition, 31 animal-derived remedies and 27 mineral or non-indigenous products were also documented. App… Show more

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“…Changes in TK often occur in response to various sociocultural and/or environmental factors, which affect the continuum between adaptation (i.e., changing, substituting, or eliminating home plant uses according to the new host environment/culture), and isolation (i.e., retaining plant uses according to a presumed "original" plant TK) (Pieroni and Quave 2005;Pieroni et al , 2011Pieroni and Vandebroek 2007;Maxia et al 2008;Ceuterick et al 2008 and2011;Zamudio et al 2010;de Medeiros et al 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Changes in TK often occur in response to various sociocultural and/or environmental factors, which affect the continuum between adaptation (i.e., changing, substituting, or eliminating home plant uses according to the new host environment/culture), and isolation (i.e., retaining plant uses according to a presumed "original" plant TK) (Pieroni and Quave 2005;Pieroni et al , 2011Pieroni and Vandebroek 2007;Maxia et al 2008;Ceuterick et al 2008 and2011;Zamudio et al 2010;de Medeiros et al 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In practice, the lines are blurred in the UN (and elsewhere). As an example, Maori culture is regarded as indigenous in all of the UN, whereas the indigenous cultures of the Balkan states of Montenegro, Bosnia, Macedonia, and Serbia have no such presence or recognition (Pieroni et al 2011;Tonta 2009). Therefore, to some extent, indigeneity is in the eye of the beholder.…”
Section: Dimensions Of Indigeneitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Branches: internally: rain, which has gone through a birch tree, is collected and drunk to treat kidney stones and prostatitis; externally: beaten on the affected part to treat bruises [83]. Bark: for hemorrhoids (Pieroni, unpublished); for cold, fever, rheumatisms and purifying blood [55,56]; as a diuretic; for urinary tract infections [55][56][57][58]; externally: burned, the vapours are exposed to the skin to treat skin inflammations (Pieroni, unpublished).…”
Section: Birch Leaf and Bark Use In Ethnomedicinementioning
confidence: 99%