Traditional ecological knowledge : learning from indigenous practices for environmental sustainability

Book

Traditional ecological knowledge : learning from indigenous practices for environmental sustainability / edited by Melissa K. Nelson, Dan Shilling.

Nelson, Melissa K., (editor.). Shilling, Dan, 1949- (editor.).

Summary:

This book examines the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and how it can provide models for a time-tested form of sustainability needed in the world today. The essays, written by a team of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, explore TEK through compelling cases of environmental sustainability from multiple tribal and geographic locations in North America and beyond. Addressing the philosophical issues concerning indigenous and ecological knowledge production and maintenance, they focus on how environmental values and ethics are applied to the uses of land. Grounded in an understanding of the profound relationship between biological and cultural diversity, this book defines, interrogates, and problematizes, the many definitions of traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability. It includes a holistic and broad disciplinary approach to sustainability, including language, art, and ceremony, as critical ways to maintain healthy human-environment relations.

Record details

ISBN: 9781108428569
ISBN: 1108428568
Physical Description: xiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: [First edition].
Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, ©2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Part I. Introduction to key concepts and questions. 1. Introduction: The soul of sustainability / Dan Shilling ; 2. Native science and sustaining indigenous communities / Gregory Cajete ; 3. Mishkos Kenomagwen, the lessons of grass : restoring reciprocity with the good green earth / Robin Wall Kimmerer ; 4. What do indigenous knowledges do for indigenous peoples? / Kyle Whyte -- Part II. Bedrock : toward a kincentric ethic. 5. Indigenous sustainability : language, community wholeness, and solidarity / Simon Ortiz ; 6. A single strand : the nsyilxcin speaking people's tmixw knowledge as a model for sustaining a life-force place / Jeannette Armstrong ; 7. Toward a philosophical understanding of TEK and ecofeminism / Joan McGregor ; 8. Wolves and ravens, science and ethics : traditional ecological knowledge meets long-term ecological research / Michael Paul Nelson and John A. Vucetich -- Part III. Extended web : land-care practices and plant and animal relationships. 9. Redefining sustainability through kincentric ecology : reclaiming indigenous lands, knowledge, and ethics / Dennis Martinez ; 10. Indigenous food sovereignty in Canada / Priscilla Settee ; 11. The radiant life with animals / Linda Hogan -- Part IV. Global and legal implications of indigenous sustainability. 12. Home : resistance, resilience, and innovation in Māori economies of well-being / Rachel Wolfgramm, Chellie Spiller, Carla Houkamau, and Manuka Henare ; 13. Indigenous peoples and "cultural sustainability" : the role of law and traditional knowledge / Rebecca Tsosie ; 14. Conclusion: Back in our tracks embodying kinship as if the future mattered / Melissa K. Nelson.
Language Note:: Text in English.