Working with Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Basic Considerations

The international agenda, over the past decade, has emphasized the value and importance of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) for addressing some of our critical environmental and ecological challenges — biodiversity, water, climate adaptation and resilience[1], and even the psychological impacts of the ‘metacrisis’ (Yunkaporta, 2020; for more on the metacrisis, see Neal, 2023; Milbank & Pabst, 2016). As a consequence, many new initiatives emerge to ‘harness’ and ‘link’ this knowledge with existing dominant knowledge systems, research systems, policy agendas and approaches (Zurba & Papadopolis, 2021). Aside from the extractive nature of many well-intentioned projects, organisations, and approaches, a number of other issues warrant discussion to support a better relationship in terms of working with Indigenous, or any ‘other’ knowledge systems. <a href="https://medium.com/opendevelopmentmekong/working-with-indigenous-knowledge-systems-basic-considerations-4d905a5bee8d">Click Here</a>