Edmund Wade Davis (born December 14, 1953) is a noted Canadian anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author and photographer whose work has focused on worldwide indigenous cultures, especially in North and South America and particularly involving the traditional uses and beliefs associated with psychoactive plants. Davis came to prominence with his 1985 best-selling book The Serpent and the Rainbow about the zombies of Haiti. Davis has published popular articles in Outside, National Geographic, Fortune and Condé Nast Traveler.
TEDTalks : The worldwide web of belief and ritual - Wade Davis (2008)
TEDTalks : Cultures at the far edge of the world - Wade Davis (2003)
TED: Wade Davis: Gorgeous photos of a backyard wilderness worth saving - Wade Davis (2012)
Cultures at the far edge of the world
Lecture 2 - The Wayfinders
Lecture 3 - Peoples of the Anaconda
Lecture 1 - Season of the Brown Hyena
2008.02.20-One River: The Life and Times of Richard Evan Schultes
Schlange und Regenbogen
Lecture 5 - Century of the Wind
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