Essays about: "traditional knowledge systems"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 179 essays containing the words traditional knowledge systems.

  1. 1. TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN AGRICULTURE FOR ADAPTATION/ RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Dulani Lavanya Samarasekara Witharana; [2023-06-22]
    Keywords : climate change adaptation; resilient agroecosystems; Hindu Kush Himalaya; indigenous knowledge; traditional farming; traditional ecological knowledge;

    Abstract : Mountain agricultural systems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are in a unique position to contribute to promoting nature-based solutions in adaptation and resilience to climate change since they are least impacted by the influence of commercial high-production agriculture. This study aims to explore currently available literature for evidence of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) based agriculture in the HKH region and analyse their contribution to region and location specific climate change adaptation. READ MORE

  2. 2. Weaving relations: Exploring the epistemological interaction between indigenous & traditional ecological knowledge and Eurowestern paradigms in education for sustainable development - an umbrella review

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Alexandra Silvestru; [2023-06-08]
    Keywords : Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge ITEK ; education for sustainable development ESD ; education for sustainability EfS ; sustainable development; western epistemology; ontology; epistemic justice; decolonization; transformative paradigm; umbrella review; systematic review;

    Abstract : Aim: This thesis aims to explore the epistemological challenges and opportunities of integrating Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the context of Euro-Western paradigms. Theory: In considering epistemological interactions between ITEK in ESD, the theoretical framework for this study is a "weave" of the transformative paradigm as the warp; postcolonial, decolonial, and Indigenous research methodologies as the weft; and the transdisciplinary approach as the frame. READ MORE

  3. 3. Cultivating Resilient Local Food Systems: Identifying opportunities and strategies for sustainable public procurement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Madison Sherwood-Walter; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Local Food Systems; Public Procurement; Innovation; Agricultural Policy; Rural Development;

    Abstract : The industrialization of the global food system has drastically altered agricultural practices, transitioning from small-scale, subsistence farming to large-scale, transnational supply chains dominated by agribusinesses. While this shift has increased productivity, it has led to environmental degradation, economic inequity, and loss of traditional agricultural knowledge. READ MORE

  4. 4. Estetiska värden hos gröna tak

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Stina Ekström; [2023]
    Keywords : gröna tak; extensiva gröna tak; takvegetation; kulturella ekosystemtjänster; urbanisering; klimat; hälsa; estetik;

    Abstract : Grönblå infrastruktur och naturbaserade lösningar i staden blir allt viktigare med de klimatförändringar som pågår. I den urbana miljön kan gröna tak bidra med viktiga ekosystemtjänster för att t ex fördröja dagvattenavrinningen från tak, dämpa buller nära bygganden, rena luft, öka biologisk mångfald samt förbättra kulturella och estetiska värden. READ MORE

  5. 5. How to fail successfully: the struggles of PAR within academia

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Dimitra Moustaka; [2023]
    Keywords : Participatory action research PAR ; decolonial research; asylum interview; coloniality of the academy; intersectionality; self-reflectivity;

    Abstract : This research seeks to explore the origins and values of participatory action research, as well as its role in transforming possibilities to knowledge production and shaping equal relationships between research participants. Drawing from the theoretical frameworks of intersectionality and decoloniality and with a focus on the experience of the asylum interview, the research seeks to explore the ways that those epistemological paradigms intertwine with participatory research to deconstruct the dichotomy between researcher and research subject (expert/community) and re-balance the power differentials embedded within academia, canonical knowledge production and traditional research methodologies, to initiate change. READ MORE