."..presents an excellent overview of the study of traditional
environmental knowledge (TEK) and the directions in which it has
evolved in recent years...Individually but especially together, the
contributors of this volume do a fine job at providing a
contextualized and fluid understanding of TEK...I have no
hesitation in recommending this volume not only to anyone wishing
to catch up on recent developments in TEK research, but also as a
useful teaching resource in a range of anthropology courses." JRAI
"This volume succeeds in its purpose to dislodge enduring
western notions of TEK traditional environmental knowledge] as
static and to firmly center it within an analytical framework of
landscape, process, and power...The critical perspectives of the
authors of this book would prompt lively discussion in the
classroom, and the books grounding in ethnographic detail and
applications are of interest to both research academics and
practitioners." Ethnobiology Letters
In recent years, the field of study variously called local,
indigenous or traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) has
experienced a crisis brought about by the questioning of some of
its basic assumptions. This has included reassessing notions that
scientific methods can accurately elicit and describe TEK or that
incorporating it into development projects will improve the
physical, social or economic well-being of marginalized peoples.
The contributors to this volume argue that to accurately and
appropriately describe TEK, the historical and political forces
that have shaped it, as well as people's day-to-day engagement with
the landscape around them must be taken into account. TEK thus
emerges, not as an easily translatable tool for development
experts, but as a rich and complex element of contemporary lives
that should be defined and managed by indigenous and local peoples
themselves.
Serena Heckler received her Ph.D. in ethnobotany, environmental
anthropology and sustainable development from Cornell University
and is a research fellow at Durham University. She has lived and
worked with the Wothiha of the Venezuelan Amazon, studying the ways
in which the market economy and demographic change have affected
their environmental knowledge. She is currently undertaking
participatory research on similar themes with the Shuar of Ecuador,
in collaboration with the Intercultural University of Indigenous
Peoples and Nations-Amawtay Wasi based in Quito, Ecuador.
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