Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise
The difference between indigenous knowledge and western science continues to be a central theme in the social studies of science. This paper investigates the use of climate knowledge in climate adaptation activities. The analysis is based on a case study of indigenous experts involved in practical o...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:97213cd45bfc4892ac00628f0df5654f 2023-08-27T04:11:10+02:00 Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise Jøran Solli Marianne Ryghaug 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5324/njsts.v2i1.2145 https://doaj.org/article/97213cd45bfc4892ac00628f0df5654f EN eng Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/njsts/article/view/2145 https://doaj.org/toc/1894-4647 doi:10.5324/njsts.v2i1.2145 1894-4647 https://doaj.org/article/97213cd45bfc4892ac00628f0df5654f Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2016) Science Q Technology T article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5324/njsts.v2i1.2145 2023-08-06T00:42:17Z The difference between indigenous knowledge and western science continues to be a central theme in the social studies of science. This paper investigates the use of climate knowledge in climate adaptation activities. The analysis is based on a case study of indigenous experts involved in practical operations dealing with risk of avalanches in an area particularly vulnerable to avalanches in northern Norway. We find that indigenous knowledge held by local area experts and western science overlap. From this we develop two lines of argument. Firstly that assemblages of climate adaptation is produced as collaborative guesswork related to coupling and negotiation of different types of knowledge in a decision context. Secondly, we discuss what such a practice means for the understanding of the relationship between climate knowledge and climate policy. By following different assemblages of climate knowledge we point to an alternative way of understanding a process of policy shaping in relation to climate adaptation: a sideways policy shaping process where what gets included or excluded and what is considered internal or external to a decision making context becomes evident. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Norway Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies 2 1 18 |
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The difference between indigenous knowledge and western science continues to be a central theme in the social studies of science. This paper investigates the use of climate knowledge in climate adaptation activities. The analysis is based on a case study of indigenous experts involved in practical operations dealing with risk of avalanches in an area particularly vulnerable to avalanches in northern Norway. We find that indigenous knowledge held by local area experts and western science overlap. From this we develop two lines of argument. Firstly that assemblages of climate adaptation is produced as collaborative guesswork related to coupling and negotiation of different types of knowledge in a decision context. Secondly, we discuss what such a practice means for the understanding of the relationship between climate knowledge and climate policy. By following different assemblages of climate knowledge we point to an alternative way of understanding a process of policy shaping in relation to climate adaptation: a sideways policy shaping process where what gets included or excluded and what is considered internal or external to a decision making context becomes evident. |
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