Local and traditional knowledge systems, resistance, and socioenvironmental justice.

Decoloniality Environmental justice Indigenous peoples Local communities

Journal

Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine

ISSN: 1746-4269

Titre abrégé: J Ethnobiol Ethnomed

Pays: England

ID NLM: 101245794

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
04 Jan 2024

Historique:

received: 30 10 2023

accepted: 18 12 2023

medline: 5 1 2024

pubmed: 5 1 2024

entrez: 4 1 2024

Statut: epublish

Résumé

In this essay, for the debate series of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, I argue against the oversimplified causal argument that the maintenance of local and traditional knowledge systems is related to less advantaged circumstances. This statement is based on a colonialist perspective of what a less advantageous circumstance is, which is being questioned by several authors. It also ignores the struggles and resistance of traditional knowledge holders and the urgent call for socioenvironmental justice. As an ethnobiologist, I argue that we must face this reality to build science with justice and inclusiveness.

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DOI: 10.1186/s13002-023-00641-0 PMID: 38178253

pubmed: 38178253

doi: 10.1186/s13002-023-00641-0

pii: 10.1186/s13002-023-00641-0

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Organisme : Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

ID : 306789/2022-1

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