Reconciliation and Relationality in Water Research and Management in Canada: Implementing Indigenous Ontologies, Epistemologies, and Methodologies
Reconciliation and Relationality in Water Research and Management in Canada: Implementing Indigenous Ontologies, Epistemologies, and Methodologies
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加拿大水研究和管理的协调性和关联性：实施本土本体论、认识论和方法论
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2017
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Debbie Martin
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H. Castleden;Catherine Hart;A. Cunsolo;S. Harper;Debbie Martin
与水有关的问题不成比例地影响加拿大的土著社区。尽管投入了数百万美元，但受过西方训练的科学家、工程师和其他研究人员，以及负有宪法规定的受托责任来解决这些问题的政府机构，在解决这些问题方面都相当失败。这在很大程度上是由于过度依赖西方科学和管理方法，忽视了土著知识体系的巨大智慧和全国各地关于水的相关实践。造成这一现象的根本原因并非无害;根深蒂固的殖民主义和种族主义政策、计划和做法在时间和空间上一直存在。近年来，人们越来越认识到采用土著方法应对加拿大水资源挑战的重要性。但成功执行的战略才刚刚开始出现。为了应对这一知识差距，我们的研究试图系统地识别和评估土著和西方的本体论，认识论和方法论如何在水研究和管理中得到实施。在此过程中，本章确定了加拿大一些最有前途的做法。我们分享这些目标是促进和解进程和对彼此的责任，以及我们作为全国各地水管理员的作用。
Water-related issues disproportionately affect Indigenous communities in Canada. Despite millions in investment, Western-trained scientists, engineers, and other researchers as well as the government agencies that have constitutionally-mandated fiduciary responsibilities to address such issues have been rather unsuccessful in solving them. This has been due, in large part, to an overreliance on methods of Western science and management, ignoring the vast place-based wisdom of Indigenous knowledge systems and relational practices regarding water found across the country. The underlying reasons for this partiality are not innocuous; entrenched colonial and racist policies, programs, and practices have persisted across time and space. In recent years, there is increasing recognition of the importance of applying Indigenous approaches to water challenges in Canada. But strategies for successful implementation are only beginning to emerge. In an attempt to respond to this knowledge gap, our research has sought to systematically identify and assess how both Indigenous and Western ontologies, epistemologies, and methodologies have been implemented in water research and management. In doing so, this chapter identifies some of the most promising practices in Canada. We share these with the goal of contributing to processes of reconciliation and responsibility towards each other as well as our roles as water stewards across the country.