Local ecological knowledge as source material for historical research. Reflections on interdisciplinary collaboration, politics and history through the Fávllis network and the Porsanger Fjord

• Main Author: Weines, Jørn
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2016
• Subjects: VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::Other history: 089; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Annen historie: 089; VDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::Contemporary history (after 1945): 084; VDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Samtidshistorie (etter 1945): 084; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920::Other fisheries disciplines: 929; VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920::Andre fiskerifag: 929; VDP::Social science: 200::Human geography: 290; VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Samfunnsgeografi: 290; Environmental history; Local ecological knowledge; HIS-3900; Norway; Porsanger; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/9319

Over the course of the past decades, local ecological knowledge (LEK) has become an increasingly present factor in policymaking and management in Norway and internationally. The effects of climate change are highly topical, which makes it important to explore the possibilities of LEK in all discipli...