Essays about: "indigenous knowledge"

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  1. 16. Beyond Western Knowledge: Indigenous and Local Knowledges on Disaster Risk Reduction -A field study in rural Thailand

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Indigenous and local knowledge systems; Thailand; Indigenous and local communities; Natural hazards; Non-western knowledge; Pressures to Indigenous and local knowledge systems;

    Abstract : Natural hazards are predicted to only increase in frequency and severity over the next decade, making it crucial to avoid their negative consequences by disaster risk reduction. Reducing risks of natural hazards is not a recent invention as it has been shown that indigenous and local communities possess indigenous and local knowledge systems related to reducing disaster risks. READ MORE

  3. 17. Struggle for Survival : A Case Study of the Reindeer Industry in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Jury Flickenschild; Carlotta Schäfer; Matilda Östlund; [2023]
    Keywords : Reindeer Herding; Sami; Challenges; Indigenous Business; Industry Survival;

    Abstract : Background: Within capitalistic economies the notion persists that only the most efficient and profit-maximizing companies and industries, that withstand the market mechanisms, should sustain. However, market mechanisms currently do not sufficiently consider non-monetary value creation such as social and environmental contributions. READ MORE

  4. 18. Embodying the Alternative : Indigenous Activism Online in Response to Reconciliation with Canada.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Martina Basciani; [2023]
    Keywords : Indigenous people; Canada; Reconciliation; activism; digital ethnography;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates strategies of digital activism pursued by Indigenous activists in the age of Reconciliation in Canada. The point of departure is the relationship between Indigenous people and the settler establishment, which has been historically informed by several attempts to assimilate the Natives into the white majority. READ MORE

  5. 19. The responsibilities of LKAB to respect the rights of the Sami people - a Business and Human Rights perspective on access to remedy in the Swedish mining sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Izabell Zaza; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; state-owned-enterprises; business and human rights; indigenous peoples; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2023, the Swedish state-owned enterprise LKAB revealed that it had found Europe’s largest deposit of critical minerals, which are needed in green technology. Being located on indigenous territory, a mine would impact the migration of reindeers, a Sami practice which form the basis of their culture and status as indigenous peoples under international law. READ MORE

  6. 20. Exploring the Mainstreaming of Education for Sustainable Development and Indigenous Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education in Indonesia: A Comparative Study of Teacher Educators' Beliefs and Attitudes

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Ucu Nurhadi Hafman; [2023]
    Keywords : Education for Sustainable Development ESD ; Indigenous Knowledge IK ; Initial Teacher Education ITE ; mainstreaming; beliefs and attitudes;

    Abstract : The primary objective of this study is to explore the mainstreaming of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Indigenous Knowledge (IK) into Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programs, with a specific focus on the beliefs and attitudes of teacher educators in selected ITE institutions in Indonesia. A comparative case study approach was employed, involving 11 participants who were interviewed using a semi-structured format. READ MORE