Traditional Knowledge Bulletin |
- This week in review … UNESCO book on water and cultural diversity made available online
- Meeting review: Guna Yala dialogue workshop on connecting diverse knowledge systems
- Resource: Special edition of PFII's Message Stick
- Resource: Book on Chazuta ancient knowledge
- This week in review … CSIRO project captures indigenous weather knowledge
- This week in review … Article highlights indigenous peoples' contribution to nature conservation
This week in review … UNESCO book on water and cultural diversity made available online Posted: 09 Jan 2013 03:06 AM PST Now available online: Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change: Emerging Trends, Sustainable Futures? PARIS, FRANCE: Published by Springer in December 2011, this 560 page-book edited by Barbara Rose Johnston, Lisa Hiwasaki, Irene J. Klaver, Ameyali Ramos Castillo and Veronica Strang is now available online. A product of the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme project on Water and Cultural Diversity, the book represents an effort to examine the complex role water plays as a force in sustaining, maintaining, and threatening the viability of culturally diverse peoples. It is divided into five parts. Part I explores water's fundamental place in life and articulates the "culture of water" and the environmental consequences of human relationships with water. Part II considers the "culture of water" through an explicit focus on traditional ecological knowledge and water resource management. Part III examines current patterns of water resource management in various ecoregions and geopolitical contexts. Part IV considers the changing and possible future dynamics of intersections between water, biodiversity and cultural diversity, with a critical focus on the lessons learned from the past several decades of hydrodevelopment. Part V sketches out alternative scenarios for the future, arguing that a sustainable approach to water resource development must be one that sustains the cultural and biological diversity of life. Download the book [pdf] … Read the UNESCO press release … Read the 2011 TK Bulletin post on the book … |
Meeting review: Guna Yala dialogue workshop on connecting diverse knowledge systems Posted: 09 Jan 2013 03:03 AM PST Dialogue workshop: indigenous knowledge, traditional knowledge, science and connecting diverse knowledge systems The report of this dialogue workshop on connecting diverse knowledge systems, which was held prior to the second session of the plenary to establish the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) (April 2012, Panama City), has been made available online. The report summarizes the presentations and discussions, and includes reflections submitted to the IPBES session. The workshop's goal was to facilitate better exchange and cross-fertilization among diverse knowledge systems in an equal, legitimate and transparent way, for the benefit of sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems. It was acknowledged that indigenous, traditional, local and scientific knowledge systems are different manifestations of valid and useful forms of knowledge, which can contribute to sustainable management of ecosystems, and that there are complementarities as well as new ideas and innovations to be gained from cross-fertilization. It was clear in the dialogue that there are many approaches for exchange among knowledge systems, and that the attitudes framing the exchange are essential. The following primary principles were brought forward: respect for diverse knowledge systems, trust, reciprocity and equal sharing. Other key factors for successful exchange include: long-term commitment, respecting customary practices, communication on equal terms, modesty in relation to one's own knowledge system, ethical codes of conduct, including the elders and youth, and embracing intergenerational learning. The dialogue focused on validation, documentation, sharing of knowledge and co-production of knowledge. Rather than applying science-based mechanisms to validate other knowledge systems, separate protocols determining validation mechanisms for diverse knowledge systems were suggested. In relation to documenting and sharing knowledge, it was recognized that knowledge systems are dynamic, and databases and other kinds of documentation may give a static picture that does not reflect current understanding, if not continuously updated. Free, prior and informed consent should always be applied, and clear agreements on mutual terms have to be made between the community/knowledge holders, and external researchers. An additional aim was to contribute to novel approaches for inclusion of diverse knowledge systems into knowledge generation, ecosystem assessments and capacity building in knowledge-related processes. The group elaborated a series of principles and values recognized to be important for a continuous dialogue in IPBES and other fora. Read the report … |
Resource: Special edition of PFII's Message Stick Posted: 09 Jan 2013 03:01 AM PST The Message Stick This special edition of Message Stick contains an end-of-the-year message from the UNPFII Chair Grand Chief Edward John, a recent meeting in Guatemala of the three UN mechanisms on indigenous peoples in preparation for the World Conference on Indigenous Issues to be held in 2014, some of the upcoming international events in 2013 concerning indigenous peoples, and the message of an indigenous young leader and filmmaker from the Western Amazon in Brazil. Download the Message Stick [pdf] … |
Resource: Book on Chazuta ancient knowledge Posted: 09 Jan 2013 02:58 AM PST Chazuta y sus saberes maravillosos This publication in Spanish presents the ancient knowledge of the community of Chazuta, living in the forests of San Martin, Peru, transmitting testimonies of community members. Chapters address: traditional ceramic art; fishing methods; knowledge of medicinal plants; and cooking, story-telling, dance and cloth-making. Download the book [pdf, in Spanish] … |
This week in review … CSIRO project captures indigenous weather knowledge Posted: 09 Jan 2013 02:55 AM PST Calendars celebrate Indigenous weather knowledge KIMBERLEY, AUSTRALIA: Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has captured the detailed knowledge Aboriginal people have of Top End weather patterns in a series of calendars. A Darwin-based team spent months working with language groups in the Kimberley to document the environmental indicators they use to predict weather. Most Indigenous groups have their own names for between four and thirteen seasons a year, that are based on observed changes in things like water temperature, cloud formations and the presence of different insects and fish. Project Coordinator Emma Woodward says there is a huge amount of untapped information in Indigenous communities of the north. Read the article … |
This week in review … Article highlights indigenous peoples' contribution to nature conservation Posted: 09 Jan 2013 02:52 AM PST Indigenous people and nature conservation In this article, the authors argue that indigenous knowledge and biodiversity are complementary phenomena essential to human development. This is confirmed by a growing interest in indigenous knowledge in recent years, partly due to the recognition that such knowledge can contribution to biodiversity conservation. Panglima Laot in Aceh for example, is considered as one of the old traditional-based fisheries management in the world that still exists. It is a fishers' institution which has played a dominant role in governing the fisheries and coastal management in Aceh for over four centuries through the strict implementation of "adat laot" (marine customary law). The Lamalera people in Lembata islands are the one and only community in Indonesia to hold customary law (adat) regarding whale hunting as part of a traditional subsistence fishery. Read the article … |
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