Who should conduct ethnobotanical studies? Effects of different interviewers in the case of the Chácobo Ethnobotany project, Beni, Bolivia

• Published in: Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 9
• Main Authors: Paniagua-Zambrana, Narel Y., Bussmann, Rainer W., Hart, Robbie E., Moya-Huanca, Araceli L., Ortiz-Soria, Gere, Ortiz-Vaca, Milton, Ortiz-Álvarez, David, Soria-Morán, Jorge, Soria-Morán, María, Chávez, Saúl, Chávez-Moreno, Bertha, Chávez-Moreno, Gualberto, Roca, Oscar, Siripi, Erlin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 26.01.2018; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; adults; Aged; Bolivia; Ecology; Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; environmental knowledge; Ethnobotany; Female; Humans; interviews; inventories; Knowledge; Male; Middle Aged; Plants, Medicinal; researchers; Bolivia

That the answers elicited through interviews may be influenced by the knowledge of the interviewer is accepted across disciplines. However, in ethnobotany, there is little evidence to quantitatively assess what impact this effect may have. We use the results of a large study of traditional ecologica...