{"id":2486,"date":"2020-02-17T07:45:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T07:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ias-dev.ubd.edu.bn\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2023-07-03T09:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T01:57:43","slug":"news-coverage-of-f-merlin-francos-research-on-plant-blindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ias.ubd.edu.bn\/?p=2486","title":{"rendered":"News Coverage of F. Merlin Franco&#8217;s Research on Plant Blindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2486\" class=\"elementor elementor-2486\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19fba347 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19fba347\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ae29cc8\" data-id=\"6ae29cc8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1030c1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1030c1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. F. Merlin Franco of the Institute of Asian Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam discussed his research on the role that open-air markets can play in combating plant blindness on the Royal Television Brunei evening news.<\/p><p>In his discussion, Dr. Franco reiterates points that he has made in a recently published co-authored article on the biocultural importance of Tamu Kianggeh, an open-air market in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.<\/p><p>Entitled \u201cSocialising over Fruits and Vegetables: The Biocultural Importance of an Open-Air Market in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam\u201d and published in the <em>Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine<\/em>, the article investigates ways in which Tamu Kianggeh serves as a meeting ground for ethnic and biological diversities, and in the process, reduces the phenomenon of plant blindness.<\/p><p>Franco, F.M., Chaw, L.L., Bakar, N., Abas, S.N.H. Socialising over fruits and vegetables: the biocultural importance of an open-air market in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. 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