![]() ![]() He also conducted ethnographic fieldwork among several indigenous societies of northern Canada. Mostly through the Harvard Botanical Museum, he spent more than three years in the Amazon and Andes as a plant explorer, living among fifteen indigenous groups in eight Latin American nations while making some 6,000 botanical collections. Career ĭavis is an ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker, he also is a licensed river guide and has worked as park ranger and a forestry engineer. ![]() In 1974, at age 20, he crossed the Darién Gap on foot in the company of the English author and amateur explorer, Sebastian Snow. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. He holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. ![]() ![]() He is professor of anthropology and the BC Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the University of British Columbia.Įarly life, family, and education ĭavis was born in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book The Serpent and the Rainbow about the zombies of Haiti. The Serpent and the Rainbow, The Wayfinders, El RioĮdmund Wade Davis CM (born December 14, 1953) is a Canadian cultural anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer. Cultural Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, educator, lecturer ![]()
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