Eglee Zent
Gund Affiliate
Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research | IVIC
- PhD, University of Georgia
- MA, Anthropology, University of California: Berkeley
- Magister Scientiarium, Anthropology/Biology, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas
Area(s) of expertise
Ethnoecology, Human Ecology, Amazon, Indigenous Peoples, Ecogony.
BIO
Eglee is a Venezuelan mother of two wonderful young men. Her academic formation is eclectic (art, anthropology, botany, conservation biology). She has conducted and applied theoretical research in two tropical ecological systems in Venezuela, the páramos of the high Andes among Parameros and lowland Amazonia among the Jotï, an Amerindian group. Eglee's projects are collaborative and participative and have been carried out emphasizing the collective construction of knowledge and the needs of the people involved, including their human, health and territorial rights. Her approach is trans-disciplinary, with diverse epistemologies, drawing in material and ideological, quantitative and qualitative aspects. Her areas of interest could be labelled as human ecology, etnoecology/ethnobiology, or ecogony. Since 2000 she have been working at the Human Ecology laboratory of the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, and have been a visiting scholar at a diverse set of universities (Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, Florida, Nacional), teaching courses and providing advice for students. Eglee has written over 70 publications and is committed to the care and love of the Earth, human and non-human processes and dynamics.
Publications
Bio
Eglee is a Venezuelan mother of two wonderful young men. Her academic formation is eclectic (art, anthropology, botany, conservation biology). She has conducted and applied theoretical research in two tropical ecological systems in Venezuela, the páramos of the high Andes among Parameros and lowland Amazonia among the Jotï, an Amerindian group. Eglee's projects are collaborative and participative and have been carried out emphasizing the collective construction of knowledge and the needs of the people involved, including their human, health and territorial rights. Her approach is trans-disciplinary, with diverse epistemologies, drawing in material and ideological, quantitative and qualitative aspects. Her areas of interest could be labelled as human ecology, etnoecology/ethnobiology, or ecogony. Since 2000 she have been working at the Human Ecology laboratory of the Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, and have been a visiting scholar at a diverse set of universities (Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, Florida, Nacional), teaching courses and providing advice for students. Eglee has written over 70 publications and is committed to the care and love of the Earth, human and non-human processes and dynamics.