Indigenous Knowledge on the Marshall Islands: a Case for Recognition Justice
Description:
Recent decades have marked growing academic and scientific attention to the role of indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation, mitigation, and detection strategies. However, how indigenous knowledge is incorporated is a point of contention between self-identifying indigenous groups and existing institutions which combat climate change. In this thesis, I argue that the full inclusion of indigenous knowledge is deterred by certain aspects of modernity. In order to overcome the problems of…
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Date:
December 2015
Creator:
Gessas, Jeff
Partner:
UNT Libraries