Climate change and Indigenous knowledge: Learning from a different view
Event Name/Location
HCAS Virtual Lectures Series
Presentation Date
5-18-2021
Document Type
Conference Presentation
ORCID ID
0000-0001-9314-748X
Description
The presentation explores the differences between Western Science and Traditional Knowledge. A case study illustrates how indigenous peoples constantly track changes in their surrounding environment by making comparisons between historic and present events. Understanding Indigenous Peoples view can help us to adopt resilient strategies for climate change.
NSUWorks Citation
Bastidas, Elena, "Climate change and Indigenous knowledge: Learning from a different view" (2021). Conflict Resolution Studies Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, and Lectures. 113.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcas_dcrs_facpres/113
COinS
Comments
Bastidas teaches courses in Sustainable Development, Environmental Conflict, and Research Methods. Her research and community-based projects include developing conflict resolution capacity-building strategies for governments, NGOs, and local communities in Ecuador, Colombia, and Suriname.
Elena Bastidas, Ph.D., faculty in the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies (DCRS) in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS)