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INA VANDEBROEK: CALLALOO – SCIENCE TALK

Callaloo is one of the most popular green leafy vegetables in Jamaica. The young leaves of this (semi-)domesticated species are chopped and steamed with onions, scallions and salt to make the popular dish of the same name. Amaranthus viridis is commonly known as garden callaloo in Jamaica, but other species include Amaranthus dubius (Spanish callaloo) […]

EVIDENCE OF THE SHIFTING BASELINE SYNDROME IN ETHNOBOTANICAL RESEARCH – INA VANDEBROEK

Natalia Hanazaki, Dannieli Firme Herbst, Mel Simionato Marques and Ina Vandebroek Corresponding author: Natalia Hanazaki 1 Laboratory of Human Ecology and Ethnobotany, Ecology and Zoology Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, ECZ-CCB-UFSC, Florianópolis, SC 88010-970, Brazil 2 Post Graduation Program in Ecology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil 3 Post Graduation Program in Plant […]

GAZET VAN TURNHOUT: JEF GEYS IN DE WARANDE

In de jaren zeventig kwam Jef Geys (°Leopoldsburg, 1934, woont en werkt in Balen) geregeld in de Warande in Turnhout. In het eerste cultuurcentrum van Vlaanderen hield de kunstenaar in die periode een soort ‘aanplakkrant’ bij op de ronde betonnen muurtjes die zich toen nog in de inkomhal bevonden. Hij plakte berichten aan die vertelden […]

CONTEMPORARY ART DAILY: JEF GEYS AT CUBITT

Jef Geys’ work is decisively and adamantly local, all of it conceived and orchestrated from his home and headquarters in Balen, Flanders, where Geys has been based for over half a century. Since the 1960s, Geys has used the newspaper Kempens Informtieblad – once a local news organ but now fully owned and edited by […]