Indigenous Thinking and Our Search for a Sustainable Future
Week Four Conclusions
Thank you for being part of this course! I have enjoyed working through the material with you and to learn from your insights in the discussions. Hopefully you'll join some of my courses in the future. I will be running a series of field trips to remarkable ecological areas in Scotland, including the Caledonian Rainforests, in June and July 2023 (click here for details), which can be booked on the Lifelong Learning Dundee site later in the year. This page will remain available for the coming year so you can continue to enjoy the resources. Lots more material is available on the main site (www.biosri.org).
Online lecture
Online lecture
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Papers
Skene, K.R., 2021. Sustainability policy and practice: Is Nature an appropriate mentor? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(12), pp.18167-18185.
https://biosri.org/uploads/3/5/4/8/35485350/sustainability_policy_and_practice_is_nature_an_ap.pdf
Skene, K.R., 2022. How can economics contribute to environmental and social sustainability? The significance of systems theory and the embedded economy. Frontiers in Sustainability, p.107.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsus.2022.980583/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Sustainability&id=980583
Reports
Rights of Rivers Report. Cyrus R. Vance Centre for International Justice
https://www.internationalrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2020/09/Right-of-Rivers-Report-V3-Digital-compressed.pdf
Websites
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/british-knitting-traditions
https://www.meruladesigns.com/knitting/knitting-traditions/
https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/memory-and-craft-norman-kennedy-on-knitting
Books
Brown, M.F. (2009). Who owns native culture? Harvard University Press.
Escobar, A., 2018. Designs for the Pluriverse. In Designs for the Pluriverse. Duke University Press.
Nelson, M.K. and Shilling, D. eds. (2018). Traditional ecological knowledge: Learning from Indigenous practices for environmental sustainability. Cambridge University Press.
Skene, K.R. (2011). Escape from Bubbleworld: Seven Curves to Save the Earth. Ard Macha Press.
Skene, K.R., 2019. Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis: Can Technology Really Save the World? Routledge.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artificial-Intelligence-Environmental-Crisis-Ronald/dp/036743654X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1668092178&sr=1-1
Ventrillon, M. 2020. Knitting from Fair Isle: 15 contemporary designs inspired by tradition.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knitting-Fair-Isle-contemporary-tradition/dp/0857837486?asin=0857837486&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
Skene, K.R., 2021. Sustainability policy and practice: Is Nature an appropriate mentor? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(12), pp.18167-18185.
https://biosri.org/uploads/3/5/4/8/35485350/sustainability_policy_and_practice_is_nature_an_ap.pdf
Skene, K.R., 2022. How can economics contribute to environmental and social sustainability? The significance of systems theory and the embedded economy. Frontiers in Sustainability, p.107.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsus.2022.980583/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Sustainability&id=980583
Reports
Rights of Rivers Report. Cyrus R. Vance Centre for International Justice
https://www.internationalrivers.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/86/2020/09/Right-of-Rivers-Report-V3-Digital-compressed.pdf
Websites
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/british-knitting-traditions
https://www.meruladesigns.com/knitting/knitting-traditions/
https://folklife.si.edu/talkstory/memory-and-craft-norman-kennedy-on-knitting
Books
Brown, M.F. (2009). Who owns native culture? Harvard University Press.
Escobar, A., 2018. Designs for the Pluriverse. In Designs for the Pluriverse. Duke University Press.
Nelson, M.K. and Shilling, D. eds. (2018). Traditional ecological knowledge: Learning from Indigenous practices for environmental sustainability. Cambridge University Press.
Skene, K.R. (2011). Escape from Bubbleworld: Seven Curves to Save the Earth. Ard Macha Press.
Skene, K.R., 2019. Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis: Can Technology Really Save the World? Routledge.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artificial-Intelligence-Environmental-Crisis-Ronald/dp/036743654X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1668092178&sr=1-1
Ventrillon, M. 2020. Knitting from Fair Isle: 15 contemporary designs inspired by tradition.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knitting-Fair-Isle-contemporary-tradition/dp/0857837486?asin=0857837486&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
Week Three: Empowerment
Outline lectures
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Papers
Berkes, F. (2009). Indigenous ways of knowing and the study of environmental change. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 39(4): 151–6. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03014220909510568
Menkiti I A (1984) Person and community in African traditional thought. In R A Wright (ed) African Philosophy: An Introduction (pp 171-178). New York, NY: University Press of America.
http://www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Faculty/mrossano/gradseminar/evo%20of%20ritual/african%20traditional%20thought.pdf
Nussbaum, B. (2003). African culture and Ubuntu. Perspectives, 17, 1–12.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Barbara-Nussbaum-2/publication/237672969_Ubuntu_Reflections_of_a_South_African_on_Our_Common_Humanity/links/5f4cde93299bf13c50658d41/Ubuntu-Reflections-of-a-South-African-on-Our-Common-Humanity.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=started_experiment_milestone&origin=journalDetail
Read, J. H. (2012). Is power zero-sum or variable-sum? Old arguments and new beginnings. Journal of Political Power, 5(1): 5–31. https://web.archive.org/web/20170922221739id_/http://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=polsci_pubs
Riger, S. (1993). What’s wrong with empowerment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 21(3): 279–92. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephanie-Riger/publication/302357844_What%27s_Wrong_with_Empowerment/links/57443ac108ae298602f1826d/Whats-Wrong-with-Empowerment.pdf
Little Bear L (2000) Jagged worldviews colliding. In M Battiste (ed) Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision (pp 77-85). Vancouver: UBC Press. https://www.law.utoronto.ca/utfl_file/count/documents/hewitt-leroy_little_bear_on_jagged_worldviews.pdf
Skene, K.R. (2022). What is the Unit of Empowerment? An Ecological Perspective. The British Journal of Social Work, 52(1): 498-517.
http://biosri.org/uploads/3/5/4/8/35485350/what_is_the_unit_of_empowerment_bjsw_krskene.pdf
Vernouillet, A. (2018). Social Intelligence Hypothesis. In : J. Vonk, T. K. Shackelford (eds.), Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alizee-Vernouillet-2/publication/327835265_Social_Intelligence_Hypothesis/links/618393520be8ec17a96b2a76/Social-Intelligence-Hypothesis.pdf
Wali, A., Alvira, D., Tallman, P., Ravikumar, A. and Macedo, M. (2017). A new approach to conservation: Using community empowerment for sustainable well-being. Ecology and Society, 22(4). https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol22/iss4/art6/
Books
Curry, P. (2006) Ecological Ethics: An Introduction, Cambridge, Polity Press.
Foucault, M. (1980) Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972–7. New York, NY, Pantheon Books
MacIntyre, A. (1999) Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues, Chicago and La Salle, IL, Open Court.
Mead G H (1934) Mind, Self and Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Naess, A. (2008) The Ecology of Wisdom, Berkeley, CA, Counterpoint.
von Humboldt A (1997) Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe. Translated by Elise C. Otté. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Youtube
The Call of the Mountain ~ Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Movement (50 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf3cXTAqS2M
Environmental Ethics: Deep Ecology (5 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byQ86TjwCEQ
AFRICAN DIGNITY, the UJAMAA dream of Julius NYERERE in Tanzania (51 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFV1tePl6xQ
Humboldt's Pocket Cosmos (30 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Wvf-Ctb9I
Week Two: Traditional ecological knowledge and the great divide
Outline Lectures:
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READING LIST
Research Papers (Click on link)
Ban, N.C., Frid, A., Reid, M., Edgar, B., Shaw, D. and Siwallace, P., 2018. Incorporate Indigenous perspectives for impactful research and effective management. Nature ecology & evolution, 2(11), pp.1680-1683.
https://www.ccira.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2018-Ban-Frid-Reid-Edgar-Shaw-Siwallace-Incorporate-Indigenous-perspectives-for-impactful-research-and-effective-management.pdf
Banerjee, S.B. and Linstead, S., 2004. Masking subversion: Neocolonial embeddedness in anthropological accounts of indigenous management. Human relations, 57(2), pp.221-247.
banerjee_and_linstead_2004-with-cover-page-v2.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)
Cochran, F.V., Brunsell, N.A., Cabalzar, A., van der Veld, P.J., Azevedo, E., Azevedo, R.A., Pedrosa, R.A. and Winegar, L.J., 2016. Indigenous ecological calendars define scales for climate change and sustainability assessments. Sustainability Science, 11(1), pp.69-89.
Indigenous_ecological_calendars_define_s20160316-22253-1ce60dt-with-cover-page-v2.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)
Fitzmaurice, A., 2007. The genealogy of terra nullius. Australian Historical Studies, 38(129), pp.1-15.
https://surplusvalue.org.au/Misc%20Articles%20and%20Poems/terra%20nullius%20copy.pdf
Haila, Y., 2000. Beyond the nature-culture dualism. Biology and Philosophy, 15(2), pp.155-175.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yrjo-Haila/publication/226977136_Beyond_the_Nature-Culture_Dualism/links/58617f7608ae329d61ff346e/Beyond-the-Nature-Culture-Dualism.pdf
McCarter, J., M. C. Gavin, S. Baereleo, and M. Love. 2014. The challenges of maintaining indigenous ecological knowledge. Ecology and Society 19(3): 39.
https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss3/art39/ (click on each heading)
Nikolakis, W. and Roberts, E., 2020. Indigenous fire management: a conceptual model from literature. Ecology and Society, 25(4).
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/67b9/0e01b6c5e096d732713f46d9bed9443300d9.pdf
Okere, T., 2005. Is there one science, Western science? AFRICA DEVELOPMENT SENEGAL, 30(3), p.20.
https://gimmenotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Is-There-One-Science-Western-Science.pdf
Skene, K.R., 2017. Thermodynamics, ecology and evolutionary biology: A bridge over troubled water or common ground? Acta Oecologica, 85, pp.116-125.
Research Papers (Click on link)
Ban, N.C., Frid, A., Reid, M., Edgar, B., Shaw, D. and Siwallace, P., 2018. Incorporate Indigenous perspectives for impactful research and effective management. Nature ecology & evolution, 2(11), pp.1680-1683.
https://www.ccira.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2018-Ban-Frid-Reid-Edgar-Shaw-Siwallace-Incorporate-Indigenous-perspectives-for-impactful-research-and-effective-management.pdf
Banerjee, S.B. and Linstead, S., 2004. Masking subversion: Neocolonial embeddedness in anthropological accounts of indigenous management. Human relations, 57(2), pp.221-247.
banerjee_and_linstead_2004-with-cover-page-v2.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)
Cochran, F.V., Brunsell, N.A., Cabalzar, A., van der Veld, P.J., Azevedo, E., Azevedo, R.A., Pedrosa, R.A. and Winegar, L.J., 2016. Indigenous ecological calendars define scales for climate change and sustainability assessments. Sustainability Science, 11(1), pp.69-89.
Indigenous_ecological_calendars_define_s20160316-22253-1ce60dt-with-cover-page-v2.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)
Fitzmaurice, A., 2007. The genealogy of terra nullius. Australian Historical Studies, 38(129), pp.1-15.
https://surplusvalue.org.au/Misc%20Articles%20and%20Poems/terra%20nullius%20copy.pdf
Haila, Y., 2000. Beyond the nature-culture dualism. Biology and Philosophy, 15(2), pp.155-175.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yrjo-Haila/publication/226977136_Beyond_the_Nature-Culture_Dualism/links/58617f7608ae329d61ff346e/Beyond-the-Nature-Culture-Dualism.pdf
McCarter, J., M. C. Gavin, S. Baereleo, and M. Love. 2014. The challenges of maintaining indigenous ecological knowledge. Ecology and Society 19(3): 39.
https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss3/art39/ (click on each heading)
Nikolakis, W. and Roberts, E., 2020. Indigenous fire management: a conceptual model from literature. Ecology and Society, 25(4).
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/67b9/0e01b6c5e096d732713f46d9bed9443300d9.pdf
Okere, T., 2005. Is there one science, Western science? AFRICA DEVELOPMENT SENEGAL, 30(3), p.20.
https://gimmenotes.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Is-There-One-Science-Western-Science.pdf
Skene, K.R., 2017. Thermodynamics, ecology and evolutionary biology: A bridge over troubled water or common ground? Acta Oecologica, 85, pp.116-125.
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Books
Fixico, D.L., 2013. Indian resilience and rebuilding: Indigenous nations in the modern American West. University of Arizona Press.
Loos, N. and Mabo, E.K., 2013. Eddie Koiki Mabo: His life and struggle for land rights. Univ. of Queensland Press.
Menzies, C.R. ed., 2006. Traditional ecological knowledge and natural resource management. U of Nebraska Press.
Youtube
The Principle of TERRA NULLIUS and why it matters for Australian Laws and Legal System (7 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAP4pFseoQ4
Rebirth of cultural burning in the Bega Valley (6 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAh_isfug14
Indigenous fire methods protect land before and after the Tathra bushfire (11 mins)
https://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=RM72NtXxyLs
Peace, Gender and Natural Resource Management (8 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_84uT6bk0M
Africa’s power lies latent in its indigenous knowledge systems (22 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKbMujjk1WU
Dismantling the white man's Indian (26 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0DsMrTshcA
Born again savage. Chief Clarence Louie (20 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTv3Rd--Kc
WEEK ONE: INTRODUCTION
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Reading List
Research Papers (click on link)
Gupta, A.K., 2004. Origin of agriculture and domestication of plants and animals linked to early Holocene climate amelioration. Current science, pp.54-59.
http://repository.ias.ac.in/21961/1/333.pdf
Harmsworth, G., 2002, November. Indigenous concepts, values and knowledge for sustainable development: New Zealand case studies. In 7th Joint Conference on the Preservation of Ancient Cultures and the Globalization Scenario. India (pp. 22-24).
Indigenous_concepts_values_and_knowledge20211207-15076-19f0l9z-with-cover-page-v2.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)
Hull, P., 2015. Life in the aftermath of mass extinctions. Current Biology, 25(19), pp.R941-R952.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215010696
Iseke, J., 2013. Indigenous storytelling as research. International Review of Qualitative Research, 6(4), pp.559-577.
http://ourelderstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Iseke_KD_Edit2.pdf
Piguet, E., 2013. From “primitive migration” to “climate refugees”: The curious fate of the natural environment in migration studies. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103(1), pp.148-162.
https://doc.rero.ch/record/208891/files/Piguet_Etienne_-_From_Primitive_Migration_to_Climate_Refugees_20140103155945-GV.pdf
Rose, D., 2005. An indigenous philosophical ecology: situating the human. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 16(3), pp.294-305.
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA139036948&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10358811&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E24eedd12
Scerri, E.M., Chikhi, L. and Thomas, M.G., 2019. Beyond multiregional and simple out-of-Africa models of human evolution. Nature ecology & evolution, 3(10), pp.1370-1372.
https://arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bitstream/10400.7/954/1/Scerri_2019.pdf
Skene, K.R., 2015. Life’s a gas: A thermodynamic theory of biological evolution. Entropy, 17(8), pp.5522-5548.
https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/8/5522
Books
Baillie, M. and McCafferty, P., 2005. The Celtic Gods: Comets in Irish Mythology. Tempus.
Cauvin, J., 2000. The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture. Cambridge University Press.
Coates, K. and Coates, K.S., 2004. A global History of Indigenous Peoples. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Kimmerer, R., 2013. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed editions.
Shiva, V., 2020. Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth. Synergetic Press.
Skene, K. and Murray, A., 2017. Sustainable economics: Context, challenges and opportunities for the 21st-century practitioner. Routledge.
Skene, K.R. 2020. Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis. Routledge.
Wolff, R., 2001. Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing. Simon and Schuster.
Youtube (click on link)
The Birth of Civilisation - The First Farmers (20000 BC to 8800 BC) (1 hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-bQx0ZtHUw
Davis, Kingsley. 1955. The origin and growth of urbanization in the world (23 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qiAA5iOCLY
How UNDRIP Changes Canada’s Relationship with Indigenous Peoples (5 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tq7Mnlavqs
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability (1 hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD8LUM0YOVA
Transhumance - Routes of a disappearing life (5 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFH77T5BMYY
Native American Misrepresentation in Films (37 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLAp5Om2LAw
Research Papers (click on link)
Gupta, A.K., 2004. Origin of agriculture and domestication of plants and animals linked to early Holocene climate amelioration. Current science, pp.54-59.
http://repository.ias.ac.in/21961/1/333.pdf
Harmsworth, G., 2002, November. Indigenous concepts, values and knowledge for sustainable development: New Zealand case studies. In 7th Joint Conference on the Preservation of Ancient Cultures and the Globalization Scenario. India (pp. 22-24).
Indigenous_concepts_values_and_knowledge20211207-15076-19f0l9z-with-cover-page-v2.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)
Hull, P., 2015. Life in the aftermath of mass extinctions. Current Biology, 25(19), pp.R941-R952.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215010696
Iseke, J., 2013. Indigenous storytelling as research. International Review of Qualitative Research, 6(4), pp.559-577.
http://ourelderstories.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Iseke_KD_Edit2.pdf
Piguet, E., 2013. From “primitive migration” to “climate refugees”: The curious fate of the natural environment in migration studies. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103(1), pp.148-162.
https://doc.rero.ch/record/208891/files/Piguet_Etienne_-_From_Primitive_Migration_to_Climate_Refugees_20140103155945-GV.pdf
Rose, D., 2005. An indigenous philosophical ecology: situating the human. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 16(3), pp.294-305.
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA139036948&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10358811&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E24eedd12
Scerri, E.M., Chikhi, L. and Thomas, M.G., 2019. Beyond multiregional and simple out-of-Africa models of human evolution. Nature ecology & evolution, 3(10), pp.1370-1372.
https://arca.igc.gulbenkian.pt/bitstream/10400.7/954/1/Scerri_2019.pdf
Skene, K.R., 2015. Life’s a gas: A thermodynamic theory of biological evolution. Entropy, 17(8), pp.5522-5548.
https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/8/5522
Books
Baillie, M. and McCafferty, P., 2005. The Celtic Gods: Comets in Irish Mythology. Tempus.
Cauvin, J., 2000. The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture. Cambridge University Press.
Coates, K. and Coates, K.S., 2004. A global History of Indigenous Peoples. Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Kimmerer, R., 2013. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Milkweed editions.
Shiva, V., 2020. Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth. Synergetic Press.
Skene, K. and Murray, A., 2017. Sustainable economics: Context, challenges and opportunities for the 21st-century practitioner. Routledge.
Skene, K.R. 2020. Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis. Routledge.
Wolff, R., 2001. Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing. Simon and Schuster.
Youtube (click on link)
The Birth of Civilisation - The First Farmers (20000 BC to 8800 BC) (1 hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-bQx0ZtHUw
Davis, Kingsley. 1955. The origin and growth of urbanization in the world (23 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qiAA5iOCLY
How UNDRIP Changes Canada’s Relationship with Indigenous Peoples (5 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tq7Mnlavqs
Traditional Ecological Knowledge Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability (1 hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD8LUM0YOVA
Transhumance - Routes of a disappearing life (5 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFH77T5BMYY
Native American Misrepresentation in Films (37 mins)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLAp5Om2LAw