Knowledge coevolution: generating new understanding through bridging and strengthening distinct knowledge systems and empowering local knowledge holders

• Published in: Sustainability Science
• Main Authors: Chapman, J.M. (J. M.), Schott, S. (Stephan)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Co-management; Indigenous knowledge; Knowledge co-production; Research governance; Self-determination; Nunavut; Canada; Gjoa Haven
• Online Access: https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/26223; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00781-2

The effective and appropriate bridging of Western science with traditional or Indigenous knowledge is an ongoing discussion in the literature and in practice. The discourse transitioned from separate knowledge system to knowledge integration and most recently to knowledge co-production. We argue it...