Missing in translation: Maori language and oral tradition in scientific analyses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)

Wehi, Priscilla M.; Whaanga, Hēmi; Roa, Tom

doi:10.1080/03014220909510580

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“…We recognise that many meanings are lost in the translation and transcription of practices and concepts to paper (Wehi et al 2009b). Also essential to our methods is trans-disciplinary research with linguists, anthropologists and geographers.…”

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Anpernirrentye: a Framework for Enhanced Application of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Natural Resource Management

Walsh¹,

Dobson²,

Douglas³

2013

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ABSTRACT. Robust approaches to natural resource management (NRM) in indigenous cross-cultural contexts require coherent understandings of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK) systems. We synthesize a framework to represent the traditionally derived worldview of Arrernte Aboriginal people within which IEK is embedded. This is an ecology-focused worldview with three interrelated domains of knowledge that are intricately linked, comprising many complex dynamic elements that interact with each other. This worldview is from desert Australia but is relevant to those working in complex cross-cultural environments across Australia and internationally. The visual framework presented fills an important conceptual gap in IEK documentation being positioned at a mesoconceptual scale. Comparisons between this knowledge framework and social-ecological systems theory indicate similarities in systems thinking, in explicit links between people and ecology, and in the emphasis on processes and relationships through causal loops and feedbacks. Important differences lie in the inextricable integration of economic and spiritual domains in the Arrernte worldview. In Arrernte eyes, interrelationships between people, resource species, land, and spiritual domains are central to NRM. Scientific approaches commonly overlook or segregate elements of indigenous knowledge.The multiple values indigenous people attribute to species are often ignored or overridden, which contributes to decoupling within their knowledge system. Western scientists and natural resource managers are looking for better understandings of indigenous knowledge systems. The framework offers a tool that can be applied to both cross-cultural and intergenerational learning to improve NRM and people's well-being and sense of self.

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Anpernirrentye: a Framework for Enhanced Application of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Natural Resource Management

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Douglas³

2013

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“…Then oral histories related to the photographic materials were documented, workshops organized in the community of Sevettijärvi (Mustonen and Feodoroff 2013), and the materials, once approved and validated by the Skolts, compared with science database of insect ranges in Finland (Hyön-teistietokanta 2013). Third case from Siberia used a combination of long-term community oral history documentation (Wehi et al 2009, Fienup-Riordan 2014, equipping the herders with digital cameras (Mustonen 2009(Mustonen , 2012 and comparative literature review between 2004 and 2014. All cases and materials were analyzed by the author positioning the communities and recording individuals as co-producers of knowledge (Lehtinen and Mustonen 2013), emphasizing the communal role of sharing visual histories.…”

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“…' The concept of visual-optic history or, in short, visual history (Bennett and Lantz 2014) and its role in monitoring, detecting, and informing societies about northern environmental change can illustrate the role and relevance that such communal observation efforts have in the North. Globally, authors such as Wehi et al (2009) and Dick et al (2012) support this approach, pointing to needs of exploring links between biological and cultural diversities in long-term, holistic, and cumulative monitoring efforts.…”

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Communal visual histories to detect environmental change in northern areas: Examples of emerging North American and Eurasian practices

Mustonen

2015

Ambio

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This article explores the pioneering potential of communal visual-optic histories which are recorded, painted, documented, or otherwise expressed. These materials provide collective meanings of an image or visual material within a specific cultural group. They potentially provide a new method for monitoring and documenting changes to ecosystem health and species distribution, which can effectively inform society and decision makers of Arctic change. These visual histories can be positioned in a continuum that extends from rock art to digital photography. They find their expressions in forms ranging from images to the oral recording of knowledge and operate on a given cultural context. For monitoring efforts in the changing boreal zone and Arctic, a respectful engagement with visual histories can reveal emerging aspects of change. The examples from North America and case studies from Eurasia in this article include Inuit sea ice observations, Yu'pik visual traditions of masks, fish die-offs in a sub-boreal catchment area, permafrost melt in the Siberian tundra and early, first detection of a scarabaeid beetle outbreak, a Southern species in the Skolt Sámi area. The pros and cons of using these histories and their reliability are reviewed.

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“…The resultant epistemology and its taxonomy are regularly reflected in vocabulary (Wehi et al 2009 this issue). Ancestors were not so much worshipped as revered.…”

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“O ye of little faith”: Traditional knowledge and western science

Williams

2009

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

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Missing in translation: Maori language and oral tradition in scientific analyses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

Anpernirrentye: a Framework for Enhanced Application of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Natural Resource Management

Anpernirrentye: a Framework for Enhanced Application of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Natural Resource Management

Communal visual histories to detect environmental change in northern areas: Examples of emerging North American and Eurasian practices

“O ye of little faith”: Traditional knowledge and western science

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