Karl’s new article on “Agrobiodiversity as Jazz Improvisation: Foodscape Change and Continuity” appears in the current issue of ReVista, the Harvard Review of Latin America (2016, volume 26, issue 1, pages 10-14) is being released in September. Karl describes the findings of new research drawing from sabbatical activities focused on how agrobiodiversity know-how is related to deep culture such as the visual and cognitive patterns and practices of weaving and textiles. Drawing on his work with Harvard colleagues Karl’s article appears in a special issue of ReVista that is devoted to the theme of “The Biology of Culture” and that also features the work of Karl’s colleagues at DRCLAS. Karl’s article, and the others in this special issue, are available as open source: http://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/biology-culture-fall-2016-2. This research is the most recent among a number of GeoSyntheSES projects focused at the intersection of agrobiodiversity patterns and dynamics, on the one hand, and cultural knowledge and practices, on the other hand.