Traditional Ecological Knowledge: The Third Alternative (Commentary)

Pierotti, Raymond; Wildcat, Daniel R.

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“…Yet PT asserts that teleological misunderstandings and 'unwarranted' beliefs about the natural world persist among non-Western educated adults [7]. Why would indigenous people, whose ecological expertise surpasses that of most Western educated adults [28][29][30], remain unclear about causal relations underlying natural phenomena?…”

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“…However, recent research with indigenous communities indicates that this 'shift' may be a product of Western culture. Many native communities privilege relational frameworks that direct attention to multiple perspectives ('all living things have their own point of view'), interconnectedness, and (causal) interdependency ('all things have a role to play'), [27,29,30,33,[53][54][55][56]. Frameworks like these support sophisticated ecological reasoning which -unsurprisingly, given the emphasis on perspectives and relations -exhibit parallels with 'promiscuous' teleological reasoning.…”

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“…If non-Western educated peoples incorrectly construe natural kinds as intentionally designed artifacts, they should be more likely than Western educated adults to treat natural kinds as resources to be exploited for human use. Instead, indigenous communities have developed a uniquely sustainable relationship with the rest of nature [30]. By contrast, Western industrial societies have developed more exploitative justification of natural 'resources' existing for human use [48].…”

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“…An alternative interpretation: the relational-deictic framework To resolve these paradoxes, we propose an alternative framework for 'promiscuous' teleological reasoning about nature that highlights the contribution of relational and ecological reasoning across development and cultural communities [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] and aligns well with recent research on contextual, relational cognition [34][35][36][37][38][39]. Because discussions of teleological reasoning [23,[40][41][42] have not yet engaged this relational dimension, the conceptual distinctions articulated here are new (Table 1).…”

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“…Over the years they have achieved self-sufficiency in meeting their needs and establishing a harmonious relationship with the surrounding environment. Nature is not merely a home for traditional communities (Pierotti & Wildcat, 2000). Realizing the importance, they have protected and managed it wisely for generations to meet their living needs (Nathan et al, 2007).…”

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Traditional Knowledge on The Animal Utilization by The Hatam Tribe of Manokwari, West Papua Province

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Animal utilization in traditional community life is an integral part of traditional knowledge itself. This research aims to reveal the Hatam people's traditional knowledge about the utilization of animals in their lives. The method used is the exploratory survey method. The respondents were determined purposively using the snowball sampling technique. The results showed that there are at least 55 species of animals commonly used by the Hatam people. Based on the forms of utilization, the animals can be divided into six groups: consumption, traditional medicine, specific meanings, traditional technology and arts, significant value, and traditional purposes. Wild animals are most widely used for the living needs of the Hatam people. The traditional hunt that is limited and the communal land ownership system (ulayat system) practiced by the Hatam people have indirectly helped preserve and ensure the availability of wildlife for the Hatam people's needs. In addition to being a form of documentation of Hatam people's traditional knowledge, the results of this research also have significance for the development of science especially in the field of ethnozoology. The form of interaction between Hatam people and animals revealed in this research can also serve as a reference for designing development policies related to the presence of Hatam people in the Arfak mountains.

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Weaving Indigenous knowledge systems and Western sciences in terrestrial research, monitoring and management in Canada: A protocol for a systematic map

Henri

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Bowles

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1. Human activities and development have contributed to declines in biodiversity across the globe. Understanding and addressing biodiversity loss will require the mobilization of diverse knowledge systems.2. While calls for interdisciplinary practices in environmental research date back decades, there has been a more recent push for weaving multiple knowledge systems in environmental research and management, specifically Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and Western sciences. 3. The use of multiple knowledge systems in environmental research can improve understanding of socio-ecological connections, build trust in research findings and help implement evidence-based action towards biodiversity conservation. Mobilizing multiple types of knowledge in environmental research and management can be beneficial; however, challenges remain.4. There is a need to understand how and where studies have woven IKS and Western sciences together in order to learn about frameworks and processes used, and identify best practices.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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Traditional Ecological Knowledge: The Third Alternative (Commentary)

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Teleological reasoning about nature: intentional design or relational perspectives?

Teleological reasoning about nature: intentional design or relational perspectives?

Traditional Knowledge on The Animal Utilization by The Hatam Tribe of Manokwari, West Papua Province

Weaving Indigenous knowledge systems and Western sciences in terrestrial research, monitoring and management in Canada: A protocol for a systematic map

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