Showing papers on "Traditional knowledge published in 1969"
31 Dec 1969
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify a diversity of institutional arrangements in settled and unsettled land claim areas of the NWT by which traditional knowledge can have significant influence over resource management decision-making.
Abstract: The Traditional Knowledge Policy (1994) of the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) provides the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples of the NWT with a useful basis for influencing the management of land, water, wildlife, and other valued resources. The mechanisms of such influence are not always clear, however, particularly for those unfamiliar with the details of the bureaucratic process. This paper developed around the question, “what ecological and social (institutional) factors affect how, when, and to what extent Traditional Knowledge holders have voice in decisions about key resource management issues?” More specifically, does the ecological scale of the resource management problem and the settlement of Comprehensive Land Claim Agreements matter? Using forest fire management, non-renewable resource development, and climate change as case studies, the paper identifies a diversity of institutional arrangements in settled and unsettled land claim areas of the NWT by which Traditional Knowledge can have significant influence over resource management decision-making.
11 citations
TL;DR: Four indigenous perceptions of bats illustrate how the “science of the concrete” characteristic of indigenous knowledge develops from meticulous observations and leads to conclusions that both diverge and converge with those of scientists.
Abstract: For Westerners, bats are reservoirs of viruses with deadly power. By contrast, indigenous groups of the Philippines, like the Alangan mangyan and the Ayta, view these animals as sources of vitality and immunity, while their neighbours, the Ibaloy and the Blaan, associate them with smelly and bloody figures. Most often consumed, these animals are treated with respect because of the place they hold in these cosmologies. Four indigenous perceptions of bats are put into perspective here. They illustrate how the “science of the concrete” characteristic of indigenous knowledge develops from meticulous observations and leads to conclusions that both diverge and converge with those of scientists. Yet long before the latter, indigenous people perceived bats’ ability to live long and to resist viruses.
7 citations