"Traditional Ecological Knowledge"
"Indigenous knowledge"
biodiversity
endangered languages
food sovereignty
Indigenous-led Conservation
Intellectual Property
knowledge sovereignty
land management
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Many books about TEK offer a comprehensive description of the topic in addition to chapters on case studies or specific issues in the field. Books are a good resource for finding foundational information on TEK.
Common Related Subject Headings:
Indigenous peoples Sustainability Ethnoscience Ethnoecology Environmental Ethics Human Ecology.
Sustainable Development
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Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge by
Divided into two volumes, this resource is a compendium of the TEK of the Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America. In Volume I, Turner traces the ancient migration patterns and interactions of Indigenous peoples through commonalities in ethnobotany and linguaculture. She examines colonialism’s undue influence on the evolution of Indigenous knowledge systems. In volume II, Turner explores the past and future applications of TEK in land and resource management. Throughout the book, she ties stories from people of the First Nations and the names of plants in different dialects to the progressive development of TEK.
Braiding Sweetgrass by
Robin Kimmerer weaves together Anishinaabe stories, biographical stories, and her experience as a botanist. Each section of this book illustrates some of the cultural ideologies that lead to the development of TEK, like reciprocity and responsibility for the Earth's gifts to her people.
Sacred Ecology by
Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing. Berkes explores the importance of local and indigenous knowledge as a complement to scientific ecology, and its cultural and political significance for indigenous groups themselves. With updates of relevant links for further learning and over 180 new references, the fourth edition gives increased voice to indigenous authors, and reflects the remarkable increase in published local observations of climate change.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge by
This book examines the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and how it can provide models for a time-tested form of sustainability needed in the world today. The essays, written by a team of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, explore TEK through compelling cases of environmental sustainability from multiple tribal and geographic locations in North America and beyond. Addressing the philosophical issues concerning indigenous and ecological knowledge production and maintenance, they focus on how environmental values and ethics are applied to the uses of land.Grounded in an understanding of the profound relationship between biological and cultural diversity, this book defines, interrogates, and problematizes, the many definitions of traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability. It includes a holistic and broad disciplinary approach to sustainability, including language, art, and ceremony, as critical ways to maintain healthy human-environment relations.
Indigenous Peoples and the Collaborative Stewardship of Nature by
Involving Indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge into natural resource management produces more equitable and successful outcomes. Unfortunately, argue Anne Ross and co-authors, even many "progressive" methods fail to produce truly equal partnerships. This book offers a comprehensive and global overview of the theoretical, methodological, and practical dimensions of co-management. The authors critically evaluate the range of management options that claim to have integrated Indigenous peoples and knowledge, and then outline an innovative, alternative model of co-management, the Indigenous Stewardship Model. They provide detailed case studies and concrete details for application in a variety of contexts. Broad in coverage and uniting robust theoretical insights with applied detail, this book is ideal for scholars and students as well as for professionals in resource management and policy.
Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing by
Dramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and cultural diversity of human communities. The peoples of the Circumpolar Arctic are at the forefront of these challenges and lead the way in seeking meaningful responses. In Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Karim-Aly Kassam positions the Arctic and sub-Arctic as a homeland rather than simply as a frontier for resource exploitation. Kassam aims to empirically and theoretically illustrate the synthesis between the cultural and the biological, using human ecology as a conceptual and analytical lens. Drawing on research carried out in partnership with indigenous northern communities, three case studies illustrate that subsistence hunting and gathering are not relics of an earlier era but rather remain essential to both cultural diversity and to human survival. This book deals with contemporary issues such as climate change, Indigenous knowledge, and the impact of natural resource extraction. It is a narrative of community-based research, in the service of the communities for the benefit of the communities. It provides resource-based industry, policy makers, and students with an alternative way of engaging indigenous communities and transforming our perspective on conservation of ecological and cultural diversity.
Red Alert! by
What the world needs today is a good dose of indigenous realism, says Native American scholar Daniel Wildcat in this thoughtful, forward-looking treatise. Red Alert! seeks to debunk the modern myths that humankind is the center of creation.