Conference: Elevating Indigenous Knowledges in Ecology

会议：提升土著生态知识

• 批准号: 2226272
• 负责人: Adrienne Sponberg
• 金额: $ 4.96万
• 依托单位: Ecological Society of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-15 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2226272&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Elevating; Indigenous; Knowledges; Ecology

For all its advances over the last century, ecology is a relative newcomer as a formal scientific discipline. Ecologists have developed sophisticated methods and cutting-edge technologies to study the complexities of nature. Even so, the records they rely on do not go very far back in time, which means that ecologists have a relatively limited view of natural phenomena. Indigenous knowledges (IKs), or Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK), in contrast, provide a much deeper and more holistic perspective on particular places. These ecological viewpoints allowed Indigenous communities to survive and thrive for millennia prior to European colonization. The importance of such knowledge has been illustrated in several well-publicized cases, such as fire management in forests of the western United States and Australia. Ecologists have generally not embraced IKs, but that is beginning to change. The central problem is that most ecologists do not encounter IKs in their training, nor do they understand the social and ethical challenges in collaborating with Indigenous communities and knowledge holders. The goal of this workshop is to build a path to IK for ecologists in a way that benefits both scientific inquiry and Indigenous communities.This workshop will bring together Indigenous scholars and professionals to discuss how to accelerate awareness of the roles of IKs to achieve a better understanding of the natural world and how to do so in a mutually beneficial, reciprocal way. The workshop will include well-established scholars and professionals, as well as graduate students and early career individuals. Participants will suggest key elements that all ecologists should know, and areas of concern, such as Indigenous rights and sovereignty, knowledge/data sovereignty, cultural respect, and social and economic issues. Participants will assemble these elements into a draft outline to be presented to the broader ecological community during an open workshop at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. The draft outline, plus feedback from the open workshop will be compiled and disseminated through venues such as publications, webinars and one-page summaries. These products can be incorporated into professional development activities for ecologists at all career stages and will serve as a seed for continued conversations. Equally important, the resulting products will increase diverse representation and inclusion in the conduct of scientific research and knowledge creation and will expand the research capacity of Indigenous communities.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

尽管在上个世纪的所有进步中，生态学都是一个相对崭新的科学学科。 生态学家开发了复杂的方法和尖端技术来研究自然的复杂性。 即使这样，他们依赖的记录也不会回到很远的时间，这意味着生态学家对自然现象的看法相对有限。 相比之下，土著知识（IKS）或土著传统生态知识（ITEK）为特定地方提供了更深入，更全面的观点。 这些生态观点使土著社区在欧洲殖民之前得以生存并繁衍生息。 这种知识的重要性已在几个盛大的案例中得到了说明，例如美国西部和澳大利亚森林的消防管理。 生态学家通常不接受IK，但这正在开始改变。 核心问题是，大多数生态学家在他们的培训中没有遇到IK，也不了解与土著社区和知识持有人合作的社会和道德挑战。 该研讨会的目的是以一种有利于科学探究和土著社区的方式为生态学家建立通往IK的途径。该研讨会将汇集土著学者和专业人员，以讨论如何加速对IK的角色的认识，以使对自然世界的更好理解以及如何在相互互补的方式中实现这种理解。 该研讨会将包括成熟的学者和专业人士，研究生和早期职业人士。 参与者将建议所有生态学家都应该知道的关键要素，以及所关注的领域，例如土著权利和主权，知识/数据主权，文化尊重以及社会和经济问题。 参与者将在美国生态学会年会的开放研讨会上将这些要素组装成草稿大纲，以向更广泛的生态社区提交。草稿大纲以及开放研讨会的反馈将通过出版物，网络研讨会和一页摘要等场所进行编译和传播。 这些产品可以在所有职业阶段的生态学家中纳入专业发展活动中，并将作为继续对话的种子。 同样重要的是，所产生的产品将在科学研究和知识创造的进行中增加各种代表性和包容性，并将扩大土著社区的研究能力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的审查标准通过评估来进行评估的。