Co-developing pathways to protect nature, land, territory, and well-being in Amazonia

Nóbrega, Rodolfo L. B.; Alencar, Pedro H. L.; Baniwa, Braulina; Buell, Mary-Claire; Chaffe, Pedro L. B.; Munduruku Pinto Correa, Darlison; Munduruku do Santos Correa, Domingos; Domingues, Tomas Ferreira; Fleischmann, Ayan; Furgal, Chris M.; Giatti, Leandro Luiz; Oliveira da Silva Huni Kui, Shyrlene; Inu Pereira Nunes Huni Kui, Ninawa; Alves Jenipapo-Kaninde, Juliana; Li, Hongying; Mendes Mamede, Angélica Francisca; Moura, James Ferreira; Nehemy, Magali F.; Pinheiro, Raimunda Lucineide G.; Prist, Paula R.; Ribeiro, Sabina C.; Tremembé, Mateus; Bowness, Evan; França, Filipe M.; Stein, Sharon

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“…Pinzon-Salcedo et al suggest that Amazonian systemic thinking -along with other Indigenous onto-epistemologies and axiologies -might help us to "find answers to the planet's ecological and sustainability problems, such as climate change and mass extinction of species" (p. 3). Nóbrega et al (2023) clarify that the impetus for attention to this is not built on anthropocentric views of humans as separate from and as having more important rights to exist from the rest of the planet. It is grounded in a whole new way of finding answers by being responsive to the voice/spirit of nature in a quest to strengthen life-giving forces all around.…”

Section: Some Entry Points Into Indigenous Systemic Thinkingmentioning

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An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

Romm

2024

Syst Pract Action Res

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This article is structured around my locating a lacuna in the (mainstream) literature describing the history of the field of “systems thinking”. I investigate how dominant accounts of this history do not include an account of the contributions of Indigenous sages and scholars’ systemic thinking. Such thinking (and being) is grounded in a relational onto-epistemology and attendant axiology – where knowing is consciously tied to (re)generating reciprocal relations with others – human and more-than-human – as we enact worlds-in-the making. The argument is that at the moment of “knowing/inquiring” we co-constitute with other agents (and not only human ones) the worlds that are brought forth. Otherwise expressed, there are never spectators, only participants in ongoing world-construction. I explore the way of explaining this as proffered by authors from a variety of geographical contexts as a backdrop to indicating how Indigenous critical systemic thinking has not been catered for by those writing the history of the so-called “systems community”. This is despite many Indigenous scholars self-naming their understandings as being systemic. I indicate that exploring global superwicked problems from the standpoint of an Indigenous onto-epistemology includes pointing to, and experimenting further with, radically different options for thinking-and-being than those that thus far have been storied by those writing the history of systems thinking. I indicate why it is important to take seriously this approach, rather than drowning its contribution.

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Section: Some Entry Points Into Indigenous Systemic Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 94%

An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

Romm

2024

Syst Pract Action Res

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Comparative analyses of the nutritional and antinutritional composition of pod flours from Neltuma spp. (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) species from drylands of Mexico, Kenya and Tanzania

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Effective climate adaptation must be imaginative and inclusive

2023

Commun Earth Environ

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The lived experiences of the full diversity of people facing climate change must be taken into account for climate adaptation to be effective and to avoid maladaptation.A daptation to climate change is tricky, especially when the impacts and challenges facing communities around the world are so diverse. Discussions between researchers, practitioners, indigenous communities and policy makers at the Adaptation Futures conference held in Montreal, Quebec, from October 2-6, 2023 (https://adaptationfutures.com/) made it clear that a change in mindset is required. We must acknowledge the different needs of the populations and embrace the diversity of approaches to achieve effective adaptation. Only by strengthening inter-cultural and cross-sector collaborations will we be able to implement solutions that profoundly transform societies and infrastructures.Self-transformation and climate justice are key in adaptation. Right in the first plenary speech, Sheila Watt-Cloutiere, an Inuit environmentalist and Citizen Advocate on Environmental, Cultural and Human Rights at Siila-Simply Independent, Canada, laid the groundwork for successful and effective climate adaptation. She called for more imagination, empathy and personal transformation in adaptation and emphasised the need to innovate ourselves. The three keywords 'inclusivity', 'innovation' and 'imagination' resonated across all sessions of the conference.At numerous panels, indigenous communities from North and South America expressed great concerns about the increasing disregard for indigenous voices in the development of local solutions. Because indigenous and western knowledge are complementary, in combination they can create a shared worldview that helps avoid maladaptation. Yet indigenous knowledge is not adequately recognized in climate action assessments and policies 1 . New ideas for adaptation, for example coming from Indigenous arts, must be pursued. But forums and structures where knowledge is co-created in an inclusive and equitable manner including all forms of expression are lacking.

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Co-developing pathways to protect nature, land, territory, and well-being in Amazonia

Cited by 5 publications

References 59 publications

An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

An Indigenous Relational Approach to Systemic Thinking and Being: Focus on Participatory Onto-Epistemology

Comparative analyses of the nutritional and antinutritional composition of pod flours from Neltuma spp. (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) species from drylands of Mexico, Kenya and Tanzania

Effective climate adaptation must be imaginative and inclusive

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