AIS 3330

Ways of Knowing: Indigenous and Local Ecological Knowledge

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.

Based on indigenous and local "ways of knowing," this course (1) presents a theoretical and humanistic framework from which to understand generation of ecological knowledge; (2) examines processes by which to engage indigenous and local knowledge of natural resources, the nonhuman environment, and human-environment interactions; and (3) reflects upon the relevance of this knowledge to climatic change, resource extraction, food sovereignty, and issues of sustainability and conservation.

When Offered Fall.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: juniors, seniors, or graduate students.

Distribution Category (CA) (SBA) (D)

Comments Co-meets with NTRES 6330.

• To appreciate natural resource development from a human ecological perspective;
• To apply the interdisciplinary lens of human ecology to understand human and environmental relations;
• To appreciate the complex interconnectivity between the ecological and the cultural;
• To comprehend that individual actions informed by cultural systems manifest themselves in social structures that rely on ecological foundations;
• To extend the notion of interdisciplinarity to include indigenous and local knowledge;
• To situate indigenous and local knowledge within a humanistic framework of knowledge generation;
• To illustrate the participatory and experiential basis of indigenous and local knowledge;
• To propose a method best suited for researching such knowledge processes; and
• To value the contributions of indigenous and local knowledge in the context of socio-cultural and environmental change and natural resource utilization.

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