Workshop on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Biodiversity (Portland, Oregon)

近年来，土著人民的传统生态知识（TEK）已被生态学家和生物多样性研究人员视为一种潜在的信息和见解来源。土著人民掌握的知识已经与西方科学家收集的信息进行了比较，并且已经证明，TEK提供的信息的质量与其他研究数据来源一样有用。土著居民担心的一个问题是，对TEK的研究可能会被非土著研究者主导。本次研讨会将汇集受过科学家训练并接触其文化传统的美洲原住民，讨论与TEK的收集、使用和分析相关的问题和解决方案。短期目标是让学生和其他同事熟悉TEK的优势和局限性；然而，这次研讨会的长期目标是帮助美国土著社区认识到，科学事业存在着严格但具有文化敏感性的途径。

PierottiDEB-9988717Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of indigenous peoples has become recognized in recent years as a potential source of both specific information and insight by ecologists and biodiversity researchers. Knowledge held by indigenous people has been compared to information gathered by western scientists and it has been demonstrated that TEK yields information whose quality is as useful as other sources of research data. One concern of indigenous people is that studies of TEK may become dominated by non-indigenous investigators. This symposium will bring together Native American trained as scientists and in touch with their cultural traditions to speak on the problems and solutions associated with the collection, use, and analysis of TEK. The short-term goal is to familiarize students and other colleagues with the advantages and limitations of TEK; however, the long term goals for the symposium is to help develop recognition in Native American communities that rigorous but culturally sensitive routes exist to careers in science.