Researching Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Multiple Uses
Particular and differing interests of researcher and community members were pulled together to produce research results that simultaneously met the needs of communities and fulfilled the expectations of research institutions. This article, written from the perspective of a field researcher charged w...
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| Summary: | Particular and differing interests of researcher and community members were pulled together to produce research results that simultaneously met the needs of communities and fulfilled the expectations of research institutions. This article, written from the perspective of a field researcher charged with coordinating the on-the-ground research in the Gitxaala Nation describes how interviews and qualitative card sort methods for examining traditional ecological knowledge were developed to meet treaty, academic, and educational goals. First Nations people and Indigenous communities around the world have always understood their knowledge of the environment to be important and valuable. They have developed, enhanced, and protected their know-ledge forms, and have transmitted them to younger generations. Anthropologists and other social scientists have been learning from In-digenous peoples for several generations, documenting and interpreting Indigenous knowledge and seeking to understand the relationships be-tween humans and their diverse environments. During the last two |
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