<p><span>This book explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand. This deforestation and urbanization have isolated the indigenous people from practicing ‘traditional ways of life.’ Portrayed in this book is the indigenous people
Acknowledging Indigenous Knowledge: Voices of Tropical Forest People (Urbanization, Industrialization, and the Environment)
✍ Scribed by Purabi Bose
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 2024
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 129
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
This book explores how the landscapes in indigenous territories are rapidly changing due to increased global industrial demand. This deforestation and urbanization have isolated the indigenous people from practicing ‘traditional ways of life.’ Portrayed in this book is the indigenous people’s perspective of their indigenous knowledge (IK) about the environment and why losing IK is a threat to humans, wildlife, and nature. Insight is shared into why acknowledging IK as a science can help solve climate change, food and nutrition insecurity, and increasing new types of pandemics through evidence‑based stories from indigenous people.
Features:
• Bridges the fractured space between science and nature.
• Documents the perspectives of indigenous peoples about their ancestral knowledge.
• Provides ethnographic qualitative comparative case studies of forest‑dwelling indigenous peoples over a 19‑year period.
• Covers largely remote indigenous territories of ten tropical countries in the Global South.
• Provides evidence‑based stories examining indigenous knowledge’s role in the tropics in preserving diverse landscapes and providing nature‑based solutions.
✦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Author Biography
Chapter 1 Acknowledging Indigenous Knowledge: Introduction
1.1 Introduction: Indigenous Knowledge
1.2 Methods, Case Studies, and Framework
1.3 Indigenous Knowledge from a Multistakeholder Contrarian Perspective
1.3.1 Non-Governmental Organization
1.3.2 Philanthropy
1.3.3 Government Officials (From Ministries of Forests and Agriculture)
1.3.4 Artists – Indigenous Radio
1.3.5 Academicians (From Higher Education Institutions)
1.4 Motivation for This Book
1.5 Decolonization Roads to the Way Forward
References
Chapter 2 ‘Nature-Based Knowledge’ Aligning Science and Wisdom
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Nature-Based Knowledge: Analytical Framework
2.3 Indigenous Peoples Living in and Around Forests: Unity and Diversity
2.3.1 Environmental Defenders
2.3.2 Forest Tenure
2.3.3 Climate Adaptation
References
Chapter 3 Extractive Industries Mining Way in Indigenous and Local Communities
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Ethics, Methods, and Data Collection
3.3 Case Studies
3.3.1 Peru | Madre de Dios
3.3.2 Colombia | Popayan
3.3.3 India | Chhattisgarh
3.4 Discussion and Conclusions
Note
References
Chapter 4 Food as Commodity – ‘Super’ Food Insecurity of Indigenous Peoples: Analysis from Asia, Africa, and Latin America
4.1 Introduction: Farms to Fingers
4.1.1 Acknowledging Indigenous Food Systems Knowledge: A Conceptual Framework
4.2 The Study Area and Data Collection Method
4.3 Case Studies
4.3.1 Ladakhis, India
4.3.2 Orang Rimba, Indonesia
4.3.3 Batwas, Uganda
4.3.4 Quechua, Bolivia
4.4 Discussion
4.4.1 Freedom to Farm
4.4.2 Transition Toward ‘Just Commons’ Food System
4.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Chapter 5 Pastoralists, Nomadic Movements, and Identity in Tropical Grasslands
5.1 Introduction: Pastoral Nomadic Tribes
5.2 The Study Area and Data Collection Methods
5.3 Case Studies: Maldharis, India and Bahima, Uganda
5.3.1 Maldharis, India
5.3.2 Bahima, Uganda
5.4 Discussion
5.5 Conclusion and Recommendations
Acknowledgments
Notes
References
Chapter 6 Factory Schools: Erasing Children’s Indigenous Knowledge and Languages
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Trend in Non-Indigenous Education System and Language Mainstreaming
6.3 Case Studies: Lai and Warli Tribe from India, Huaoranis of Ecuadorian Amazon, and Uro Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia
6.3.1 Huaoranis of Ecuadorian Amazon, Tena
6.3.2 Uro Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia (Andes)
6.3.3 Lai Tribe of Mizoram, India’s Northeast Region
6.3.4 Warli Tribe of Maharashtra, India’s Western Region
6.4 Discussion
6.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Chapter 7 Indigenous Peoples and Wildlife Coexistence in Tropical Mountains: Socio-Cultural Impact
7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Definitions
7.2 The Study Area and Research Methodology
7.3 Case Studies: The Nature of Human-Wildlife Coexistence
7.3.1 Ladakh’s Changtang Tibetan Plateau, India
7.3.2 Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia
7.3.3 Annapurna Conservation Reserve, Nepal
7.4 Discussion: Listening to Indigenous Voices Indigenous Peoples and Their Wildlife Coexistence
7.5 Conclusions with Research and Policy Recommendations
7.5.1 Recommendations for Key Multi-stakeholder Groups
7.5.2 Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
7.5.3 Media and Communication Organization
7.5.4 Civil Societies
7.5.5 Government Authorities
References
Chapter 8 Communicating the Art of Bridging Indigenous Knowledge with Science and Policy
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 What is Communication Science?
8.2 Communicating Indigenous Knowledge: Eurocentrism and Decolonization
8.3 How Science Communication Influencing Policy?
8.3.1 Methodology
8.3.2 Asia: India and Nepal
8.3.3 East Africa: Kenya and Uganda
8.3.4 Latin America: Colombia, Peru, and Mexico
8.4 Art of Bridging Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge
References
Index
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