Indigenous Knowledges and the Sustainable Development Agenda

This book discusses the vital importance of including indigenous knowledges in the sustainable development agenda. Indigenous Knowledges and the Sustainable Development Agenda offers an important contribution to scholars across development studies, environmental studies, education, and political ecology.

Autorentext

Anders Breidlid is Professor of International Education and Development, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

Roy Krøvel is Professor of Journalism, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Beyond the Western paradigm: Indigenization of education systems, the sustainable development goals and state building in Sub-Saharan Africa 2. Indigenous knowledges, education and media in Australia 3. Forest rights act, local collectivization and transformation in Korchi 4. Food System transition in India: A Political Ecology analysis 5. The political ecology of the Tabasará river basin 6. Indigenous ecological knowledge in the Colombian Amazon challenges and prospects for a more sustainable use of local forest fauna 7. A dialogue of knowledges - What can we bring home from the plurivers? 8. Indigenous good sense on climate change 9. Indigenous knowledges and academic understandings of pastoral mobility 10. Struggling with 'Clear Zoning': Dilemmas of Carnivore-Pastoral Coexistence in Nordland, northern Norway 11. Through our stories we resist: A decolonial perspective on south Saami history, indigeneity and rights