Traditional ecological knowledge : learning from indigenous practices for environmental sustainability /
Traditional ecological knowledge : learning from indigenous practices for environmental sustainability /
edited by Melissa K. Nelson and Dan Shilling.
- xiv, 276 pages ; 23 cm
- New Directions in Sustainability and Society .
- New directions in sustainability and society. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to key concepts and questions. The soul of sustainability / Native science and sustaining indigenous communities / Mishkos Kenomagwen, the lessons of grass : restoring reciprocity with the good green earth / What do indigenous knowledges do for indigenous peoples? / Bedrock : toward a kincentric ethic. Indigenous sustainability : language, community wholeness, and solidarity / A single strand : the nsyilxcin speaking people's tmixw knowledge as a model for sustaining a life-force place / Toward a philosophical understanding of TEK and ecofeminism / Wolves and ravens, science and ethics : traditional ecological knowledge meets long-term ecological research / Extended web : land-care practices and plant and animal relationships. Redefining sustainability through kincentric ecology : reclaiming indigenous lands, knowledge, and ethics / Indigenous food sovereignty in Canada / The radiant life with animals / Global and legal implications of indigenous sustainability. Home : resistance, resilience, and innovation in Māori economies of well-being / Indigenous peoples and cultural sustainability : the role of law and traditional knowledge / Back in our tracks -- embodying kinship as if the future mattered / Dan Shilling -- Gregory Cajete -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Kyle Whyte -- Simon Ortiz -- Jeannette Armstrong -- Joan McGregor -- Michael Paul Nelson and John A. Vucetich -- Dennis Martinez -- Priscilla Settee -- Linda Hogan -- Rachel Wolfgramm, Chellie Spiller, Carla Houkamau, and Manuka Henare -- Rebecca Tsosie -- Melissa K. Nelson. Part I. 1. Introduction: 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part III. 9. 10. 11. Part IV. 12. 13. 14. Conclusion:
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.
Text in English.
1108428568 110845044X 9781108428569 9781108450447
Sustainability.
Traditional ecological knowledge--North America.
GN476.7 / .T73 2018
304.2
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to key concepts and questions. The soul of sustainability / Native science and sustaining indigenous communities / Mishkos Kenomagwen, the lessons of grass : restoring reciprocity with the good green earth / What do indigenous knowledges do for indigenous peoples? / Bedrock : toward a kincentric ethic. Indigenous sustainability : language, community wholeness, and solidarity / A single strand : the nsyilxcin speaking people's tmixw knowledge as a model for sustaining a life-force place / Toward a philosophical understanding of TEK and ecofeminism / Wolves and ravens, science and ethics : traditional ecological knowledge meets long-term ecological research / Extended web : land-care practices and plant and animal relationships. Redefining sustainability through kincentric ecology : reclaiming indigenous lands, knowledge, and ethics / Indigenous food sovereignty in Canada / The radiant life with animals / Global and legal implications of indigenous sustainability. Home : resistance, resilience, and innovation in Māori economies of well-being / Indigenous peoples and cultural sustainability : the role of law and traditional knowledge / Back in our tracks -- embodying kinship as if the future mattered / Dan Shilling -- Gregory Cajete -- Robin Wall Kimmerer -- Kyle Whyte -- Simon Ortiz -- Jeannette Armstrong -- Joan McGregor -- Michael Paul Nelson and John A. Vucetich -- Dennis Martinez -- Priscilla Settee -- Linda Hogan -- Rachel Wolfgramm, Chellie Spiller, Carla Houkamau, and Manuka Henare -- Rebecca Tsosie -- Melissa K. Nelson. Part I. 1. Introduction: 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part III. 9. 10. 11. Part IV. 12. 13. 14. Conclusion:
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.
Text in English.
1108428568 110845044X 9781108428569 9781108450447
Sustainability.
Traditional ecological knowledge--North America.
GN476.7 / .T73 2018
304.2