Sacred Ecology

by Berkes; Fikret

• ISBN13: 9780415517317
• ISBN10: 0415517311
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Sacred Ecologyexamines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing. Berkes explores the importance of local and indigenous knowledge as a complement to scientific ecology, and its cultural and political significance for indigenous groups themselves. This third edition further develops the point that traditional knowledge as process, rather than as content, is what we should be examining. It has been updated with about 150 new references, and includes an extensive list of web resources through which instructors can access additional material and further illustrate many of the topics and themes in the book. .

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface to the First Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xix
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xxiii
Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge	p. 1
Defining Traditional Ecological Knowledge	p. 3
Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Science	p. 10
Differences: Philosophical or Political?	p. 12
Knowledge-Practice-Belief: A Framework for Analysis	p. 17
Objectives and Overview of the Volume	p. 19
Emergence of the Field	p. 21
Evolution and Differentiation of the Literature	p. 22
Growth of Ecosystem-based Knowledge	p. 27
Cultural and Political Significance for Indigenous Peoples	p. 31
Questions of Ownership and Intellectual Property Rights	p. 36
Practical Significance as Common Heritage of Humankind	p. 38
Intellectual Roots of Traditional Ecological Knowledge	p. 53
Ethnobiology and Biosystematics: A Good Fit	p. 54
More on Linguistics and Methodology: How to Get the Information Right	p. 57
Exaggeration and Ethnoscience: The Eskimo Snow Hoax?	p. 63
Human Ecology and Territoriality	p. 66
Integration of Social Systems and Natural Systems: Importance of Worldviews	p. 71
Traditional Knowledge Systems in Practice	p. 77
Tropical Forests: Not Amenable to Management?	p. 79
Semi-arid Areas: Keeping the Land Productive	p. 84
Traditional Uses of Fire	p. 87
Island Ecosystems-Personal Ecosystems	p. 93
Coastal Lagoons and Wetlands	p. 97
Conclusions	p. 101
Cree Worldview "From the Inside"	p. 105
Animals Control the Hunt	p. 107
Obligations of Hunters to Show Respect	p. 111
Importance of Continued Use for Sustainability	p. 117
Conclusions	p. 119
A Story of Caribou and Social Learning	p. 125
"No One Knows the Way of the Winds and the Caribou"	p. 127
Cree Knowledge of Caribou in Context	p. 130
Caribou Return to the Land of the Chisasibi Cree	p. 135
A Gathering of the Hunters	p. 138
Lessons for the Development of a Conservation Ethic	p. 141
Lessons for Management Policy and Monitoring	p. 143
Cree Fishing Practices as Adaptive Management	p. 147
The Chisasibi Cree System of Fishing	p. 149
Subarctic Ecosystems: Scientific Understanding and Cree Practice	p. 155
Three Cree Practices: Reading Environmental Signals for Management	p. 157
A Computer Experiment on Cree Practice and Fish Population Resilience	p. 160
Traditional Knowledge Systems as Adaptive Management	p. 165
Lessons from Fisher Knowledge	p. 167
Climate Change and Indigenous Ways of Knowing	p. 171
Indigenous Ways of Knowing and New Models of Community-based Research	p. 173
Inuit Observations of Climate Change Project	p. 176
A Convergence of Findings	p. 182
Significance of Local Observations and Place-based Research	p. 186
Indigenous Knowledge and Adaptation	p. 188
Conclusions	p. 190
Complex Systems, Holism, and Fuzzy Logic	p. 193
Rules-of-thumb: Cutting Complexity Down to Size	p. 194
Community-based Monitoring and Environmental Change	p. 198
Complex Systems Thinking	p. 202
Local Knowledge and Expert Systems	p. 205
A Fuzzy Logic Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge	p. 209,
Conclusions	p. 213
How Local Knowledge Develops: Cases from the West Indies	p. 217
A Framework for Development of Local and Traditional Knowledge	p. 218
Mangrove Conservation and Charcoal Makers	p. 222
Dominican Sawyers: Developing Private Stewardship	p. 225
Cultivating Sea Moss in St. Lucia	p. 228
Rehabilitating Edible Sea Urchin Resources	p. 230
Lessons from the Caribbean Cases	p. 232
Knowledge Development and Institutions	p. 234
Challenges for Indigenous Knowledge	p. 239
Limitations of Indigenous Knowledge and the Exotic Other	p. 241
Invaders and Natives: A Historical Perspective	p. 242
Indigenous Peoples as Conservationists?	p. 246
"Wilderness" and a Universal Concept of Conservation	p. 249
Adapting Traditional Systems to the Modern Context	p. 253
Traditional Systems for Building Livelihoods in a Globalized Economy	p. 256
Toward an Evolutionary Theory of Traditional Knowledge	p. 261
Toward a Unity of Mind and Nature	p. 265
Political Ecology of Indigenous Knowledge	p. 268
Indigenous Knowledge and Empowerment	p. 271
Indigenous Knowledge as Challenge to the Positivist Reductionist Paradigm	p. 276
Making Scientific Sense of Indigenous Knowledge	p. 279
Learning from Traditional Knowledge	p. 283
References	p. 289
Web Links and Teaching Tips	p. 321
Index	p. 355
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