Climate Change and Ethnobiology

Wolverton, Steve; Chambers, Kimberlee J.; Veteto, James R.

doi:10.2993/0278-0771-34.3.273

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“…Global challenges, such as climate change (Wolverton et al 2014b), defor-Journal of Ethnobiology 2020 40(1): 3-20 ence returns to what Agrawal (1995) has famously criticized as the "divide between Indigenous and scientific knowledge" that creates not only artificial boundaries but can also contribute to marginalizing traditional knowledge in policy and practice through the assumption of insurmountable differences (Hunn 2014).…”

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Philosophy of Ethnobiology: Understanding Knowledge Integration and Its Limitations

Ludwig¹,

El-Hani

2020

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Ethnobiology has become increasingly concerned with applied and normative issues, such as climate change adaptation, forest management, and sustainable agriculture. Applied ethnobiology emphasizes the practical importance of local and traditional knowledge in tackling these issues but thereby also raises complex theoretical questions about the integration of heterogeneous knowledge systems. The aim of this article is to develop a framework for addressing questions of integration through four core domains of philosophy—epistemology, ontology, value theory, and political theory. In each of these dimensions, we argue for a model of “partial overlaps” that acknowledges both substantial similarities and differences between knowledge systems. While overlaps can ground successful collaboration, their partiality requires reflectivity about the limitations of collaboration and co-creation. By outlining such a general and programmatic framework, the article aims to contribute to developing “philosophy of ethnobiology” as a field of interdisciplinary exchange that provides new resources for addressing foundational issues in ethnobiology and also expands the agenda of philosophy of biology.

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Philosophy of Ethnobiology: Understanding Knowledge Integration and Its Limitations

Ludwig¹,

El-Hani

2020

Journal of Ethnobiology

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“…It has been argued that the scale and agency behind climate change today is unique within the longue durée of human history. However, there is a need to distinguish between large-scale climate-forcing mechanisms and inherent small-scale climate variability affecting human lives, the latter of which can be both produced and mitigated by people [ 36 , 37 ]. Both of these concerns are reflected in the first set of questions.…”

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Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects

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This paper presents the results of a consensus-driven process identifying 50 priority research questions for historical ecology obtained through crowdsourcing, literature reviews, and in-person workshopping. A deliberative approach was designed to maximize discussion and debate with defined outcomes. Two in-person workshops (in Sweden and Canada) over the course of two years and online discussions were peer facilitated to define specific key questions for historical ecology from anthropological and archaeological perspectives. The aim of this research is to showcase the variety of questions that reflect the broad scope for historical-ecological research trajectories across scientific disciplines. Historical ecology encompasses research concerned with decadal, centennial, and millennial human-environmental interactions, and the consequences that those relationships have in the formation of contemporary landscapes. Six interrelated themes arose from our consensus-building workshop model: (1) climate and environmental change and variability; (2) multi-scalar, multi-disciplinary; (3) biodiversity and community ecology; (4) resource and environmental management and governance; (5) methods and applications; and (6) communication and policy. The 50 questions represented by these themes highlight meaningful trends in historical ecology that distill the field down to three explicit findings. First, historical ecology is fundamentally an applied research program. Second, this program seeks to understand long-term human-environment interactions with a focus on avoiding, mitigating, and reversing adverse ecological effects. Third, historical ecology is part of convergent trends toward transdisciplinary research science, which erodes scientific boundaries between the cultural and natural.

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“…As an outside reader, I am left wondering if they are in complete conflict. If, as Swenztell suggested in his essay, human actions are intimately interconnected Reviews with the environment and climate, could climate variability/change (see Wolverton et al 2014), drought and other such variables be correlated with the degeneration of human moral society? Could factors such as overpopulation, political conflicts, and warfare also be signs that ancient Pueblo peoples have strayed from their original spiritual/moral teachings?…”

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Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde. Edited by David Taylor and Steve Wolverton. 2015. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. 155 pp.

Veteto

2017

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Climate Change and Ethnobiology

Cited by 27 publications

References 11 publications

Philosophy of Ethnobiology: Understanding Knowledge Integration and Its Limitations

Philosophy of Ethnobiology: Understanding Knowledge Integration and Its Limitations

Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects

Sushi in Cortez: Interdisciplinary Essays on Mesa Verde. Edited by David Taylor and Steve Wolverton. 2015. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City. 155 pp.

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