Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala

This paper investigates the role of indigenous knowledge in relation to ideas of sustainability focusing on Guatemala. Previous research on environmental engagement and public understanding of science demonstrates the importance of including different perspectives, including traditional forms of kno...

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Autor principal:	Johanna Bergström
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	indigenous knowledge ancestral knowledge traditional knowledge environmental management cultural revitalization decoloniality Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fa046627cc37434d9bdb75835ff8f0f52021-11-11T19:21:27ZWhose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala10.3390/su1321115892071-1050https://doaj.org/article/fa046627cc37434d9bdb75835ff8f0f52021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/11589https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This paper investigates the role of indigenous knowledge in relation to ideas of sustainability focusing on Guatemala. Previous research on environmental engagement and public understanding of science demonstrates the importance of including different perspectives, including traditional forms of knowledges such as for example indigenous knowledges. Environmental governance and management are areas in which indigenous peoples strive towards an acceptance of indigenous knowledge to be placed next to Western scientific knowledge. The struggle concerns the management and control of indigenous territories, but it also concerns the dismantling of a hierarchical understanding of knowledge, which lessens indigenous knowledge about ecosystems and about how to create a good life. Through the revitalization of indigenous knowledge and traditional practices, indigenous communities develop ideas and establishments to find paths towards socioecological balance. This paper studies indigenous groups’ understandings of indigenous knowledge, their struggle to revitalise knowledge and their efforts for it to become validated. It uses decolonial theory in its analysis and raises questions of power structures and hierarchies within academia.Johanna BergströmMDPI AGarticleindigenous knowledgeancestral knowledgetraditional knowledgeenvironmental managementcultural revitalizationdecolonialityEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 11589, p 11589 (2021)
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topic	indigenous knowledge ancestral knowledge traditional knowledge environmental management cultural revitalization decoloniality Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	indigenous knowledge ancestral knowledge traditional knowledge environmental management cultural revitalization decoloniality Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Johanna Bergström Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala
description	This paper investigates the role of indigenous knowledge in relation to ideas of sustainability focusing on Guatemala. Previous research on environmental engagement and public understanding of science demonstrates the importance of including different perspectives, including traditional forms of knowledges such as for example indigenous knowledges. Environmental governance and management are areas in which indigenous peoples strive towards an acceptance of indigenous knowledge to be placed next to Western scientific knowledge. The struggle concerns the management and control of indigenous territories, but it also concerns the dismantling of a hierarchical understanding of knowledge, which lessens indigenous knowledge about ecosystems and about how to create a good life. Through the revitalization of indigenous knowledge and traditional practices, indigenous communities develop ideas and establishments to find paths towards socioecological balance. This paper studies indigenous groups’ understandings of indigenous knowledge, their struggle to revitalise knowledge and their efforts for it to become validated. It uses decolonial theory in its analysis and raises questions of power structures and hierarchies within academia.
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title	Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala
title_short	Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala
title_full	Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala
title_fullStr	Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala
title_full_unstemmed	Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala
title_sort	whose knowledge counts? the struggle to revitalise indigenous knowledges in guatemala
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Whose Knowledge Counts? The Struggle to Revitalise Indigenous Knowledges in Guatemala

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