Caribou co-management: Realizing conceptual differences

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Anne Kendrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: reindeer; caribou; epistemology; knowledge system; management; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Arctic; Rangifer; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.22.4.1655; https://doaj.org/article/da469b4785ad4dd4a0c534fc10f34a50

The conditions allowing innovative collective learning of the unpredictable dynamics of caribou populations may be particularly apparent in co-management settings, especially those settings that foster diverse understandings of caribou ecology. This paper examines co-management, specifically caribou co-management in arctic and subarctic North America, for evidence of diverse conceptual constructs among co-management participants. It is suggested that the learning occurring in cross-cultural co-management settings may lead to the development of the humility necessary for the expression and adaptation of diverse understandings of caribou ecology.