Not exact matches
I mean, if there is existing literature
studies looking at those plants where they found active compound [s], I definitely will use that, but first I am trying to show that there is a pattern — that if you do some math and try to synthesize all this information
about the
different plants being used in
different cultures for
different diseases, and using the evolutionary relationships of the plants, the
cultures and the diseases to sort of merge it all together and have these equations spit out a sort of potential efficacy — our best guess of what the efficacy of this plant is.
The chance to learn
about different cultures,
study a foreign language, and gain a more global perspective are some of the reasons students choose to spend a semester, or even their entire college experience, abroad.
«Case
Studies is an occasion to show some of the gems of the collection, and to think
about the linkages that bridge works from
different moments in time,
cultures, and mediums,» says Curator of Contemporary Art and Case
Studies curator Laura Addison.
I was fascinated with the idea that
studying the material
culture of people of
different eras could reveal so much
about how they lived.