An interdisciplinary approach to documenting reconstructed knowledge: Plants and their uses in Greenland

We report on ongoing work in documenting Kalaallisut plant knowledge in Greenland, where traditional uses have been largely forgotten and are being revitalized. Our interdisciplinary team consists of a Western-trained biologist (and also an external indigenous practitioner) and a documentary linguis...

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Main Authors: Whitecloud, Simone, Grenoble, Lenore
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Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10125/5195
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Summary:We report on ongoing work in documenting Kalaallisut plant knowledge in Greenland, where traditional uses have been largely forgotten and are being revitalized. Our interdisciplinary team consists of a Western-trained biologist (and also an external indigenous practitioner) and a documentary linguist who together collect botanical, cultural and linguistic information. 5195.mp3 Whitecloud_Grenoble.pdf