Agency and Resilience: Teachings of Pikangikum First Nation Elders, Northwestern Ontario
"Although scholars of social-ecological resilience propose unity between humans and the natural world, much of this work remains based on Cartesian division of mind and body that denies it. We present an example of a unified system of resilience thinking shared with us by Anishinaabe (Ojibway)...
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ftdlc:oai:http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu:10535/9162 2023-05-15T13:28:53+02:00 Agency and Resilience: Teachings of Pikangikum First Nation Elders, Northwestern Ontario Miller, Andrew M. Davidson-Hunt, Iain North America Canada 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/10535/9162 English eng http://hdl.handle.net/10535/9162 Ecology and Society 18 3 September resilience social-ecological systems agency Social Organization Journal Article published Case Study 2013 ftdlc 2021-03-11T16:19:07Z "Although scholars of social-ecological resilience propose unity between humans and the natural world, much of this work remains based on Cartesian division of mind and body that denies it. We present an example of a unified system of resilience thinking shared with us by Anishinaabe (Ojibway) elders of Pikangikum First Nation, northwestern Ontario. The elders??? views of boreal forest disturbance and renewal are distinct from western scientific approaches in their recognition of agency, the ability to individually express free will in nonhuman beings including animals, plants, rocks, and forest fire within their landscape. Pikangikum elders perceive that, if relationships based on respect, reciprocity, and noninterference are maintained with other agents, renewal will continue. The proposition of living landscapes composed of diverse nonhuman agents poses challenges to collaboration with western worldviews, which view nature largely as mechanistic and without moral standing. We suggest that a greater attention to nonwestern ontologies can contribute to productive cross-cultural partnerships directed toward fostering resilience." Article in Journal/Newspaper anishina* Indiana University: Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) Canada |
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"Although scholars of social-ecological resilience propose unity between humans and the natural world, much of this work remains based on Cartesian division of mind and body that denies it. We present an example of a unified system of resilience thinking shared with us by Anishinaabe (Ojibway) elders of Pikangikum First Nation, northwestern Ontario. The elders??? views of boreal forest disturbance and renewal are distinct from western scientific approaches in their recognition of agency, the ability to individually express free will in nonhuman beings including animals, plants, rocks, and forest fire within their landscape. Pikangikum elders perceive that, if relationships based on respect, reciprocity, and noninterference are maintained with other agents, renewal will continue. The proposition of living landscapes composed of diverse nonhuman agents poses challenges to collaboration with western worldviews, which view nature largely as mechanistic and without moral standing. We suggest that a greater attention to nonwestern ontologies can contribute to productive cross-cultural partnerships directed toward fostering resilience." |
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Agency and Resilience: Teachings of Pikangikum First Nation Elders, Northwestern Ontario |
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