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Indigenous
Peoples Specialty Group
Sponsored Session
2008 Annual Meeting
Association of American Geographers
Boston, Massachusettes, April 15-19 2008
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Title: |
Local Knowledge Systems: Cultural, Historical and Political Ecology Perspectives II |
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This (second) session focuses on current research on local/ indigenous environmental knowledge systems considered through the lens of cultural, political and/or historical ecology.
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Anticipated Attendance: |
Illustrated Paper Session |
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Kimberly E. Medley, Embedded Histories and the Landscape Ecology of Woody Plant Resources at Mt. Kasigau, Kenya |
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Joanna Wilbur, Discourses of Sustainability and Social Justice in Philippine Agribusiness |
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Amy Cooke, The Ecology of Learning: transferring indigenous knowledge across Maasai production systems |
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Janna M. Shackeroff, Historical ecology and human dimensions of the Kona Coast, Hawaii: Contributions of traditional, local and Western scientific ecological knowledge to understanding change |
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Joshua J Ramisch, 'They Don't Know What They Are Talking About': Engaging the Micro-Politics of Local Soil Fertility Knowledge, Western Kenya |
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Michaela Beth Palchick, Agricultural Transformation and Livelihood Struggles in South Africa's Western Cape |
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Thomas A Smucker, Local Knowledge and Agropastoral Livelihood Change: Implications for Vulnerability and Resilience in Kenya's Semi-Arid Areas |
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Yulanda Y. Hwang, Utilizing Indigenous Community Museums as a Mechanism for Collaboration between Traditional and Scientific Ecological Knowledge |
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Mrill Ingram, A Soil's Best Friend? A political ecology of invasive earthworms in the Great Lakes Region |
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Sponsorships: |
Indigenous Peoples Specialty Group
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