Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology

Trisos, Christopher H.; Auerbach, Jess; Katti, Madhusudan

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“…Considering the role of knowledge production systems is especially important here as we enact "reality" in the act of knowing (Bruner, 1991;Forsyth, 2003). The dominant knowledge production system ultimately determines what "counts" as knowledge reinforcing, reproducing and validating specific narratives inscribed in certain ontologies (Forsyth, 2003;Escobar, 2016;Trisos et al, 2021). As described by Foucault and Gordon (1980), dominant cultural narratives become discourses of truth that are exercised through power.…”

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“…Therefore, achieving a solution or total convergence of understanding is often neither realistic nor possible or, as we will argue throughout this review, desirable. In this sense, the predominant traditional Western scientific knowledge production system often not only struggles to find solutions or meaningful ways of engagement, but also often contributes to the problem by constituting an homogenising force that prevents the recognition of other ways of knowing (Trisos et al, 2021). Indeed, if there is one thing that appears certain among all the uncertainty, it's a recognition of the need for more collective action, approaches that allow different stakeholders to come together and especially that allow for a co-existence of worldviews and that embrace plural ways of knowing (Steffen et al, 2015;Escobar, 2016;Trisos et al, 2021).…”

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“…Therefore, moving toward decolonising research and promoting the co-existence of other ways of knowing, such as Indigenous knowledge systems, is an ethical imperative. However, it is also an utter necessity to meet current challenges as not engaging diverse knowledge systems limits the potential impact of interventions and opportunity to find positive ways of moving forward through them (Green et al, 2015;Trisos et al, 2021).…”

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“…Simultaneously, surfacing our own internal stories and multiple narratives through self-reflection can help to recognise others and to acknowledge that there is no neutral or value-free position of engaging in the world, but that we are all influenced by a set of stories and narratives (Reynolds and Holwell, 2010). This is also a crucial step to decolonise your mind and fully embrace the reality of diverse knowledge systems and perspectives, which is necessary to allow co-existence (Trisos et al, 2021).…”

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Through the Eyes of Another: Using a Narrative Lens to Navigate Complex Social-Ecological Systems and to Embrace Multiple Ways of Knowing

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2021

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Many social-ecological issues are characterised by a multiplicity of stakeholder voices with often fundamentally divergent values, beliefs or worldviews. Those differences in perspective can be also viewed as different narratives on individual, community and cultural scales that both express and reinforce people’s identity, value system and manifested behaviours. Navigating between those narratives requires approaches that facilitate the co-existence of multiple ways of knowing. The currently dominant knowledge production system of Western scientific knowledge often fails to meet those challenges due to its positivist and reductionist tendencies. However, embracing a co-existence of knowledges isn’t just necessary from a pragmatic perspective to adequately engage in those situations, but also represents an ethical imperative that includes acknowledging the colonial and oppressive history of Western scientific knowledge toward other knowledges, especially regarding Indigenous knowledge production systems. We propose adopting a narrative lens as a metaphor for embracing multiple ways of knowing and being as narratives play a key role for human cognition, communication and in shaping and expressing fundamental values at different levels. Using an example of contested narratives from a fisheries management conflict, we illustrate how narratives can help to develop a richer understanding of social-ecological conflicts. We also reflect on some narrative discourses commonly used in marine science that stem from the binary nature-culture divide prominent in Western scientific knowledge and discuss their implication for hindering sustainable ocean governance. Furthermore, we demonstrate how storytelling methods can be used to surface and share those narratives and to unravel the underlying values and fundamental beliefs and to re-shape them. The narrative lens we propose is suitable under multiple simultaneous disciplinary homes including Indigenous methodologies and systems thinking. They share the key features of having a holistic and relational approach that recognises the co-existence of multiple ways of knowing and being and use self-reflection as key for critical engagement with the situation and to surface and acknowledge one’s own internal narratives. This represents no exhaustive review of narrative inquiry, but a reflective journey illustrating how engaging with narratives can facilitate knowledge co-existence including different ways of relating to human and non-human beings.

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Empowering fishers for Great White Shark stewardship: Reply to Madigan et al. 2021

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Madigan et al. (2021) recently reported a supposedly illegal fishery targeting white sharks in the Gulf of California (GC), Mexico. While we are strongly against illegal fishing and recognize the need to enhance enforcement to pro-This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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More voices are always better: Tackling power differentials in knowledge production and access in human biology

McKerracher

Mora

2021

American J Hum Biol

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Objective Academic human biology seeks to characterize and explain human biocultural variation in terms of adaptations to local environments. Understanding and educating about such variation, if not carried out thoughtfully, can reinforce power asymmetries around who can produce and access the knowledge, and in what ways and places. One of many factors contributing to power inequities in knowledge production and access concerns histories of state‐driven colonization, with people(s) dispossessed of land through colonization generally having relatively less power. Because human biologists disproportionately work with communities/sub‐populations living in marginal environments, most of which have been moved, dispossessed, and/or reconfigured through colonization, we are prone to reproducing these land‐related power imbalances but we are also well‐situated to level them. Methods Here, we do three things we hope will move us toward research and teaching practices that recognize and begin to disrupt colonial power inequities in human biology knowledge production and access. Results First, after defining terms core to understanding the power matrices at stake, we outline likely benefits to human biologists of using anticolonial approaches. Second, we highlight two frameworks offering anticolonial tools (community‐based participatory research and “two‐eyed seeing”). Third, we suggest several practical, behavioral changes to make and skills to develop for human biologists looking to shift power balances. Conclusion We conclude by reflecting on our own positions along the colonially rooted power gradients structuring human biology. We argue that doing so constitutes an essential early step toward creating anticolonial spaces for more ethical and just production, consumption, and application of knowledge.

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Decoloniality and anti-oppressive practices for a more ethical ecology

Cited by 303 publications

References 93 publications

Through the Eyes of Another: Using a Narrative Lens to Navigate Complex Social-Ecological Systems and to Embrace Multiple Ways of Knowing

Through the Eyes of Another: Using a Narrative Lens to Navigate Complex Social-Ecological Systems and to Embrace Multiple Ways of Knowing

Empowering fishers for Great White Shark stewardship: Reply to Madigan et al. 2021

More voices are always better: Tackling power differentials in knowledge production and access in human biology

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