Centring Indigenous peoples in knowledge exchange research-practice by resetting assumptions, relationships and institutions

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(2), P. 629 - 645

Published: Feb. 17, 2024

Abstract Knowledge exchange is a broad and consequential undertaking, analysed by diverse scholars, rapidly growing as field of academic practice. Its remit to strengthen ties between research generators users support better material outcomes for society. This review paper considers how this increasingly codified might engage with the research-practice concerns identified in Indigenous decolonial literature. We do so bringing two literature sets together analysis, noting they are not mutually exclusive. reveal addressing discrimination towards peoples from within knowledge requires fundamental reconsideration biases that run through field’s structures processes. prioritise connected framing assumptions shifting—jurisdictional epistemological. The first shift repositioning political–legal entities societies, territories, laws customs. second engagement expert seriously on its own terms, including greater understanding about creation nature. These shifts require taking reflexivity much further than grasped possible or appropriate most To assist, we offer heuristic devices, illustrative examples, summary figures, different questions which start practice exchange. Our focus environmental western Anglophone settler-colonial imperial contexts, familiar, where there substantial

Language: Английский

Indigenous Ecological Knowledge of marine and freshwater organisms and ecosystems on Sea Country: from past absences to future inclusion

Marine and Freshwater Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 76(5)

Published: March 19, 2025

For over 60,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia have developed an enduring knowledge marine freshwater organisms ecosystems on Sea Country. However, it has taken more than 200 years since colonisation, a biodiversity habitat crisis for Australia, to begin recognise value Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK). This perspective piece builds previous work define IEK in the context Country research, particularly within Australia. It discusses reasons rarity literature, loss intergenerational transmission IEK, erosion cultural heritage tensions between Western science strategies change. The elevation national research priorities offers opportunity correct historical wrongs develop effective inclusion researchers. Together we need protect what been lost restore sustain

Language: Английский

Eliciting diverse perspectives to prioritize community actions for biodiversity conservation

Conservation Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 13, 2024

Abstract Communities have a strong role in protecting biodiversity. In addition to participation restoration, range of actions the public or private sphere may support Despite this, there is lack clarity about what should be prioritized for behavior change campaigns. We developed and applied method prioritize community biodiversity conservation that incorporates an expert‐based assessment impact community‐informed measure likelihood uptake. stage 1, experts ( n = 143) completed survey quantified relative based on best–worst scaling perceived impact. 2, surveyed members 3200) ranked adopting ease difficulty performing each action, opportunity proportion respondents not yet engaging behavior. Experts gave following highest ranking impact: voting environment (first), participating restoration ecological priority areas (second), purchasing remnant bushland (third). When considering disciplinary background institutional experts, activities remained upper options. However, was some divergence between these groups. For example, reducing beef consumption third by university‐based but 28th state government. Overall, behaviors as most likely adopted: quarantine laws plastic use managing pets Top minimally affected characteristics (nature relatedness, gender, location). Integrating findings, action favorably impact, likelihood, restoration. Choosing campaigns requires consideration entire social–ecological system—from social factors enable constrain adoption across relevant contexts.

Language: Английский