Tansi! welcome to INDG 2015. This term I’m opening up some aspects of the course to the public. So feel free to read along with whichever texts you can. I’ll post weekly versions of the course powerpoints, with links, discussion questions and summaries of the materials. Feel free to share your thoughts about (and/or artistic, audio-visual or other responses to) the week’s readings and concepts using the hashtag #INDG2015 on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. If I have the capacity throughout the term, I may also upload some other materials as we go. We’re so excited to have you join us in thinking through these important ideas.
#INDG2015 Week 13 - Wrap up and Optional indigenous environmental issues publ...Zoe Todd
December 2: wrap up
Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 5, “Burning Sweetgrass” (pp.341-379) <strong>update: the page numbers don't correspond in all versions of the book so I'll start listing sections instead: People of the Corn, People of the Light, Collateral Damage, Shkitagen: People of the Seventh Fire, Defeating Windigo
Braiding Sweetgrass, Epilogue: Returning the Gift (pp.380-385)
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: If you have enjoyed the course, you are welcome to make your own version of the final course assignment, which is a portfolio about Indigenous environmental issues of your own choosing. When you post it to the platform of your choice, feel free to share it on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram with the hashtag #INDG2015 so that others can learn from your work!
Welcome to the public version of the course INDG 3015: Indigenous Ecological Ways of Knowing and the Academy, running through the Winter term at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. We are building on the success of the public version of INDG2015. Every week I will upload public versions of the course materials. You are welcome to join in and read along with whatever course texts you have the capacity to access throughout the term. You are welcome to share your reflections on the materials and concepts explored in the course using the hashtag #INDG3015 on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I am so excited to have you join us as we explore Indigenous relationships to the environment
#INDG2015 Week 12, November 25 -- Traditional Ecological KnowledgeZoe Todd
12. November 25: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 5, “Burning Sweetgrass” (pp.303-340) update: the page numbers don't correspond in all versions of the book so I'll start listing sections instead: Windigo Footprints, The Sacred and the Superfund
McGregor, Deborah. 2006. “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”. Ideas: the Arts and Science Review, vol. 3, no. 1 http://www.silvafor.org/assets/silva/PDF/DebMcGregor.pdf
Berkes, Fikret. 1999. Chapter 1: Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, pp. 1-16 in Sacred Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.
Scott, Colin. 2011 [1989]. “Science for the West, Myth for the Rest? The Case of James Bay Cree Knowledge Construction.” Pp. 175-197 in The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader edited by Sandra Harding. Durham: Duke University Press.
INDG 2015/SOCI 2810 FALL 2021 Week 1 slidesZoe Todd
1. September 13: Introduction to the course, ‘what is environment?’ and ‘what is Indigeneity?’
Watts, Vanessa. 2013. Indigenous Place-Thought and Agency amongst Humans and Non-humans (First Woman and Sky Woman go on a European Tour!). DIES: Decolonization, Indigeneity, Education and Society 2(1): 20–34 (https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/19145)
#INDG2015 Week 13 - Wrap up and Optional indigenous environmental issues publ...Zoe Todd
December 2: wrap up
Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 5, “Burning Sweetgrass” (pp.341-379) <strong>update: the page numbers don't correspond in all versions of the book so I'll start listing sections instead: People of the Corn, People of the Light, Collateral Damage, Shkitagen: People of the Seventh Fire, Defeating Windigo
Braiding Sweetgrass, Epilogue: Returning the Gift (pp.380-385)
OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: If you have enjoyed the course, you are welcome to make your own version of the final course assignment, which is a portfolio about Indigenous environmental issues of your own choosing. When you post it to the platform of your choice, feel free to share it on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram with the hashtag #INDG2015 so that others can learn from your work!
Welcome to the public version of the course INDG 3015: Indigenous Ecological Ways of Knowing and the Academy, running through the Winter term at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. We are building on the success of the public version of INDG2015. Every week I will upload public versions of the course materials. You are welcome to join in and read along with whatever course texts you have the capacity to access throughout the term. You are welcome to share your reflections on the materials and concepts explored in the course using the hashtag #INDG3015 on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I am so excited to have you join us as we explore Indigenous relationships to the environment
#INDG2015 Week 12, November 25 -- Traditional Ecological KnowledgeZoe Todd
12. November 25: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 5, “Burning Sweetgrass” (pp.303-340) update: the page numbers don't correspond in all versions of the book so I'll start listing sections instead: Windigo Footprints, The Sacred and the Superfund
McGregor, Deborah. 2006. “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”. Ideas: the Arts and Science Review, vol. 3, no. 1 http://www.silvafor.org/assets/silva/PDF/DebMcGregor.pdf
Berkes, Fikret. 1999. Chapter 1: Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, pp. 1-16 in Sacred Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management. Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.
Scott, Colin. 2011 [1989]. “Science for the West, Myth for the Rest? The Case of James Bay Cree Knowledge Construction.” Pp. 175-197 in The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader edited by Sandra Harding. Durham: Duke University Press.
INDG 2015/SOCI 2810 FALL 2021 Week 1 slidesZoe Todd
1. September 13: Introduction to the course, ‘what is environment?’ and ‘what is Indigeneity?’
Watts, Vanessa. 2013. Indigenous Place-Thought and Agency amongst Humans and Non-humans (First Woman and Sky Woman go on a European Tour!). DIES: Decolonization, Indigeneity, Education and Society 2(1): 20–34 (https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/19145)
INDG3015 Week 3: Earth/Soil/Land
Week 3 explores relationships Indigenous ecological relationships to earth/soil/land drawing on readings by Vanessa Watts, Leroy Little Bear, Enrique Salmón, and Robin Wall Kimmerer
Week 2 slides:
Readings:
• Gathering Moss, Preface; The Standing Stones; Learning to See; the Advantages of Being Small ;
Back to the Pond (pages xv to 28) OPTIONAL READINGS
• Barker, Joanne. (2006). For Whom Sovereignty Matters. Pp. 1-32 in Sovereignty Matters Locations of
Contestation and Possibility in Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination, Edited by Joanne Barker.
University of Nebraska Press.
• Little Bear, Leroy. (undated). TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HUMANITIES: A PERSPECTIVE BY A
BLACKFOOT. http://www.sfu.ca/sfublogs-archive/departments/humanities-institute/1101_tradition- al-knowledge-and-humanities-leroy-little-bear.html
Lynne Healy: Environmental Challenges for People Living in PovertyTHL
Healy's presentation at the "Thinking long-term: Making poverty eradication and environmental policies mutually supportive" side event at The 55th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55) on the 6th of February 2017.
En todos los rincones del mundo las personas se enfrentan a las oportunidades y la tragedias relacionada con el agua. A veces, el exceso de agua, a veces la escasez. Hoy, cada vez más, la presencia o ausencia de agua es caótica, con los patrones menos predecibles que producen desastres locales de todo tipo.
El agua es el lazo que une a todas las cosas, tanto animadas como inanimadas. No es una exageración señalar que el agua refleja el río de la vida y la memoria de cada país o área. El agua es mística, religiosa, de gran alcance.........
This is the 7th lesson of the course 'Poverty and Environment ' taught at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
2015 Paul F-Brandwein Lecture, 3-14-15
NSTA Chicago
Curt Meine, Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation
"Teaching Tomorrow's Conservation Leaders: Lessons from Aldo Leopold"
Guest presentation, Africa Young Graduates and Scholars (AYGS) Conference, 12 March, 2018, Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
INDG3015 Week 3: Earth/Soil/Land
Week 3 explores relationships Indigenous ecological relationships to earth/soil/land drawing on readings by Vanessa Watts, Leroy Little Bear, Enrique Salmón, and Robin Wall Kimmerer
Week 2 slides:
Readings:
• Gathering Moss, Preface; The Standing Stones; Learning to See; the Advantages of Being Small ;
Back to the Pond (pages xv to 28) OPTIONAL READINGS
• Barker, Joanne. (2006). For Whom Sovereignty Matters. Pp. 1-32 in Sovereignty Matters Locations of
Contestation and Possibility in Indigenous Struggles for Self-Determination, Edited by Joanne Barker.
University of Nebraska Press.
• Little Bear, Leroy. (undated). TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HUMANITIES: A PERSPECTIVE BY A
BLACKFOOT. http://www.sfu.ca/sfublogs-archive/departments/humanities-institute/1101_tradition- al-knowledge-and-humanities-leroy-little-bear.html
Lynne Healy: Environmental Challenges for People Living in PovertyTHL
Healy's presentation at the "Thinking long-term: Making poverty eradication and environmental policies mutually supportive" side event at The 55th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55) on the 6th of February 2017.
En todos los rincones del mundo las personas se enfrentan a las oportunidades y la tragedias relacionada con el agua. A veces, el exceso de agua, a veces la escasez. Hoy, cada vez más, la presencia o ausencia de agua es caótica, con los patrones menos predecibles que producen desastres locales de todo tipo.
El agua es el lazo que une a todas las cosas, tanto animadas como inanimadas. No es una exageración señalar que el agua refleja el río de la vida y la memoria de cada país o área. El agua es mística, religiosa, de gran alcance.........
This is the 7th lesson of the course 'Poverty and Environment ' taught at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
2015 Paul F-Brandwein Lecture, 3-14-15
NSTA Chicago
Curt Meine, Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation
"Teaching Tomorrow's Conservation Leaders: Lessons from Aldo Leopold"
Guest presentation, Africa Young Graduates and Scholars (AYGS) Conference, 12 March, 2018, Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Writing Women Back into the History of STEM (typos fixed)Dawn Bazely
University of Toronto held a Wikipedia Editathon to make the 2019 International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Here is my keynote talk from the event on Thursday, February 7th, 2019.
Writing Women Back Into the History of STEMDawn Bazely
University of Toronto is holding a Wikipedia Editathon to make the 2019 International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Here is my keynote talk from the event on Thursday, February 7th, 2019.
Documenting Ferguson: Building a community digital repositoryChris Freeland
The August 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, along with other recent police-involved shootings around the country have inspired demonstrations, conversation, debate and calls for systemic change in our society. Soon after Brown’s shooting, Washington University Libraries and other St. Louis cultural heritage institutions established a repository to document events in or inspired by Ferguson. Appropriately named Documenting Ferguson, this community-sourced open repository now has more than 1,500 files of digital photographs, video recordings and other media contributed from all over the country. These are viewable online at http://digital.wustl.edu/ferguson. Video of this talk available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6whGNsesYA.
13. December 06: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• McGregor, Deborah. 2006. “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”. Ideas: the Arts and Science Re-
view, vol. 3, no. 1 http://www.silvafor.org/assets/silva/PDF/DebMcGregor.pdf
• Nadasdy, Paul. 1999. “The Anti-politics of TEK: The Institutionalization of Co-management Dis-
course.” Anthropologica; 2005; 47, 2 https://anthropology.cornell.edu/sites/anthro/files/Nadas-
dy%202005%20Antipolitics%20of%20TEK.pdf
• Littlechild, Danika. Finnegan, Chance, and Deborah McGregor. 2021. ““Reconciliation” in un-
dergraduate education in Canada: the application of Indigenous knowledge in conservation”.
FACETS 6(1). https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2020-0076
• Berkes, Fikret. 1999. Chapter 1: Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, pp. 1-16 in Sacred
Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management. Philadelphia:
Taylor and Francis.
• Scott, Colin. 2011. “Science for the West, Myth for the Rest?”. https://apps.crossref.org/co-
access/coaccess.html?doi=10.1215%2F9780822393849-012
#INDG2015 Week 12 slides public (3) (1).pdfZoe Todd
12. November 29 : Introduction to Environmental Knolwedges in Oceania
• Banivanua Mar, Tracy. 2016. “Saltwater: the separation of people and territory”, Chapter 4 in
Decolonisation and the Pacific. Cambridge University Press.
• Te Punga Somerville, Alice. “Māori People in the Pacific”, pp. 11-36 in Once Were Pacific: Māori
Connections to Oceania. University of Minessota. Available online via Carleton Library.
• Povinelli, Elizabeth. (1995). Do Rocks Listen? The Cultural Politics of Apprehending Australian Ab-
original Labor. American Anthropologist 97(3): 505-518.
• Viewing of “Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial” (Nova Television,) http://catalogue.
library.carleton.ca/record=b2409459
Critiques of western conservation/wildlife research
• Mbaria, John & Mordecai Ogada. 2016. Chapter 2: “Conservation NGO’s Grand Delusion” in The Big Conservation Lie: The Untold Story of Wildlife Conservation in Kenya. Lens & Pens LLC • Rubis, June. 2020. “The orang utan is not an indigenous name: knowing and naming the maias as a decolonizing epistemology.“, Cultural Studies 34(5): https://www.tandfonline. com/doi/abs/10.1080/09502386.2020.1780281
11. November 22: Introduction to Environmental Knowledges in Africa
• Mbaria, John & Mordecai Ogada. 2016. Chapter 2: “Conservation NGO’s Grand Delusion” in
The Big Conservation Lie: The Untold Story of Wildlife Conservation in Kenya. Lens & Pens LLC.
• Baofo, Y.A., Saito, O., Kato, S., Kamiyama, C., Takeuchi, K. M. Nakahara. 2015. “The role of tra-
ditional ecological knowledge in ecosystem services management: the case of four rural com-
munities in Northern Ghana”. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21513732.2015.1124454
• IPACC. 2016. “An Introduction to integrating African Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge in National Adaptation Plans, Programmes of Action, Platforms and Policies”. https://ipacc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/indigenous_knowledge.pdf
• Ibrahim, Hindou Oumarou. 2019. “Indigenous Knowledge meets Science to Solve Climate Change”. TED talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/hindou_oumarou_ibrahim_indigenous_knowl-
edge_meets_science_to_solve_climate_change
Post class materials:
Prof Todd fact-checking Prof Todd -- US military is a big polluter but saying it is the biggest was an overstatement https://weaversway.coop/shuttle-online/2020/04/us-military-world-leader-pollution-and-wasteful-use-fossil-fuels
decolonizing conservation reading list (Sara Cannon): https://saracannon.ca/2020/06/27/decolonizing-conservation-a-reading-list/
10. November 15: Introduction to Environmental Knowledges in Sápmi + Siberia
Brightman, Marc, Grotti, Vanessa, and Olga Ulturgasheva. 2006. “Introduction: Rethinking the “Frontier” in Amazonia and Siberia: Extractive economies, Indigenous politics, and social transfor-mations”. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology Vol. 26, No. 2 (2006/2007), pp. 1-12 (available for free download with JSTOR): https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/introduction-rethinking-the-frontier-in-amazonia-and-siberia-extractive-economies-indigenous-poli-
tics-and-social-transformations(6141994c-8ebe-41b4-b871-ce9b8a5140bf).html
Vidal, John. 2016. “Sami reindeer herders battle conservationists and miners to cling on to Arctic culture”. The Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/21/sami-peo-ple-reindeer-herders-arctic-culture• Ulturgasheva, O. &
Bodenhorn, B., 13 Jun 2017, “Climate Strategies: Thinking through Arctic Exam-
ples”. In : Royal Society of London. Proceedings A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sci-
ences. 375, 20160363, p. 1-13 13 p., 375: 20160363. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/55185524/Climate_Strategies_final_published_version.pdf
9. November 08: Introduction to Environmental Knolwedges in Asia
• Wrecthed of the Earth --- IV. On National Culture (pp. 145-169)
• Rubis JM and Theriault N (2019) Concealing Protocols: Conservation, Indigenous Survivance, and
the Dilemmas of Visibility. Social and Cultural Geography. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2019.1574882.
• Paredes, Oona. 2016. “Rivers of Memory and Oceans of Difference in the Lumad World of Mindan-
ao,” TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia 4(2): 329-349.
• Viewing of One Night in Bhopal (documentary)
October 18: Introduction to Environmental Knowledges in South America
•Wretched of the Earth III. The Trials and Tribulations of National Consciousness (pp. 97-144)
•Valencia, Robert. 2019. “Francia Márquez, Renowned Afro-Colombian Activist: What Environmental Racism Means To Me”. EarthJustice
. https://earthjustice.org/blog/2019-august/francia-m-rquez-renowned-afro-colombian-activist-what-environmental-racism-means-to-me
•Berta Cáceres, 2015 Goldman Prize https://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/berta-caceres/
•Quijano, Aníbal. 2000. “Coloniality of Power and Eurocentrism in Latin America”.
International Sociology.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0268580900015002005
#INDG2015 2021, Fall Term, Week 4: Indigenous Ecological Ways of Knowing in N...Zoe Todd
October 4: Introduction to environmental knowledges, North America, continued
• Wretched of the Earth “II. Grandeur and Weakness of Spontaneity” (pp. 63
-96)
• Manuel, George. 2019 [1974]. “Mutual dependence”. In Fourth World: An Indian Reality. University of Minnesota Press.
• Little Bear, Leroy. 2000. “Jagged Worldviews Colliding”. http://blogs.sd62.bc.ca/danddtech/
wp-content/blogs.dir/24/files/2014/02/LittleBear1.pdf
• Ebron, Paulla. 1998. “Enchanted Memories of Regional Difference in African American Culture”. American Anthropologist 100 (1):94-105. https://www.jstor.org/stable/682811?seq=1
#INDG2015 Fall Term 2021, Week 3: Indigenous Ecological Ways of Knowing in No...Zoe Todd
Readings for Week 3:
Wretched of the Earth -On Violence in the International Context (pp. 53-63)
Salmón, Enrique. “Kincentric Ecology: Indigenous Perceptions of the Human-Nature Relationship”. Ecological Applications, Vol. 10, No. 5 (Oct., 2000), pp. 1327-1332. https://www.fws.gov/nativeamerican/pdf/tek-salmon-2000.pdf
Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper. 2019. https://redpaper.yellowheadinstitute.org/
Week 2 slides from the Fall 2021 iteration of INDG 2015//SOCI 2810: Indigenous Ecological Ways of Knowing. Course offered in the Fall term of 2021 in Ottawa, Canada in the unceded and unsurrendered homelands and territories of the Algonquin Nation. These materials belong to Professor Zoe Todd and are shared here for your educational use.
Characterization and the Kinetics of drying at the drying oven and with micro...Open Access Research Paper
The objective of this work is to contribute to valorization de Nephelium lappaceum by the characterization of kinetics of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum. The seeds were dehydrated until a constant mass respectively in a drying oven and a microwawe oven. The temperatures and the powers of drying are respectively: 50, 60 and 70°C and 140, 280 and 420 W. The results show that the curves of drying of seeds of Nephelium lappaceum do not present a phase of constant kinetics. The coefficients of diffusion vary between 2.09.10-8 to 2.98. 10-8m-2/s in the interval of 50°C at 70°C and between 4.83×10-07 at 9.04×10-07 m-8/s for the powers going of 140 W with 420 W the relation between Arrhenius and a value of energy of activation of 16.49 kJ. mol-1 expressed the effect of the temperature on effective diffusivity.
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"Understanding the Carbon Cycle: Processes, Human Impacts, and Strategies for...MMariSelvam4
The carbon cycle is a critical component of Earth's environmental system, governing the movement and transformation of carbon through various reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and living organisms. This complex cycle involves several key processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, decomposition, and carbon sequestration, each contributing to the regulation of carbon levels on the planet.
Human activities, particularly fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, have significantly altered the natural carbon cycle, leading to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and driving climate change. Understanding the intricacies of the carbon cycle is essential for assessing the impacts of these changes and developing effective mitigation strategies.
By studying the carbon cycle, scientists can identify carbon sources and sinks, measure carbon fluxes, and predict future trends. This knowledge is crucial for crafting policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon storage, and promoting sustainable practices. The carbon cycle's interplay with climate systems, ecosystems, and human activities underscores its importance in maintaining a stable and healthy planet.
In-depth exploration of the carbon cycle reveals the delicate balance required to sustain life and the urgent need to address anthropogenic influences. Through research, education, and policy, we can work towards restoring equilibrium in the carbon cycle and ensuring a sustainable future for generations to come.
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Climate Change All over the World .pptxsairaanwer024
Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the average weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It encompasses both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. While climate change is a natural phenomenon, human activities, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, have accelerated its pace and intensity
1. Carleton University
School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies
INDG 2015
Indigenous Ecological Ways of
Knowing Fall 2020
I
Instructor: Dr. Zoe Todd, Associate Professor, Sociology, Carleton University
Public course materials
The public is welcome to complete a self-directed version of the course this term (and be-
yond) by using the publicly available materials posted on https://fishphilosophy.org/fall-
term-course-site/
2. I. How it works
Tansi! welcome to INDG 2015. This
term I’m opening up some aspects
of the course to the public. So feel
free to read along with whichever
texts you can. I’ll post weekly ver-
sions of the course powerpoints,
with links, discussion questions
and summaries of the materials.
Feel free to share your thoughts
about (and/or artistic, audio-visu-
al or other responses to) the week’s
readings and concepts using the
hashtag #INDG2015 on Twitter, In-
stagram, and Facebook. If I have
the capacity throughout the term, I
may also upload some other mate-
rials as we go. We’re so excited to
have you join us in thinking through
these important ideas.
3. II. Texts:
Required Text:
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. (2013). Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific
Knowledge, and Teachings of Plants. Milkweed Editions. ISBN 978-1-57131-356-0
This book has been ordered at the campus bookstore. Campus bookstore staff as-
sure me that you can arrange curbside pickup or order it from www.carletonshop.ca
and receive it within two days (anywhere in Canada). It is also available on various
online bookstores and in audio book format.
III. Course calendar:
Class Schedule:
To read along and complete a self-directed version of the course, here is the course calendar:
1. September 9: Introduction to the course, ‘what is environment?’
2. September 16: human-environmental relations, environmental racism, colo-
nization, and Indigenous Studies, an introduction
Readings to be done before class:
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 1: “Planting Sweetgrass” (pp. 3-48)
• Newkirk, Vann R. 2016. “Fighting Environmental Racism in North Carolina”. The New Yorker. https://
www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/fighting-environmental-racism-in-north-carolina
• Jacobs, Beverley. 2010. “Environmental Racism on Indigenous Lands and Territories”. https://www.
cpsa-acsp.ca/papers-2010/Jacobs.pdf
3. September 23: Introduction to environmental knowledges, North America
• Braiding Sweetgrass--Chapter 2 “Tending Sweetgrass” (pp. 49-71)
Read at least two of the following (and the same for all subsequent weeks):
• Watts, Vanessa. 2013. Indigenous Place-Thought and Agency amongst Humans and Non-humans
(First Woman and Sky Woman go on a European Tour!). DIES: Decolonization, Indigeneity, Educa-
tion and Society 2(1): 20–34 (https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/19145)
• Reo N (2019) Inawendiwin and Relational Accountability in Anishnaabeg Studies: The Crux of the
Biscuit. Journal of Ethnobiology 39(1): 65-75.
• Salmón, Enrique. “Kincentric Ecology: Indigenous Perceptions of the Human-Nature Relationship”.
Ecological Applications, Vol. 10, No. 5 (Oct., 2000), pp. 1327-1332. https://www.fws.gov/nativeam-
erican/pdf/tek-salmon-2000.pdf
4. 4. September 30: Introduction to environmental knowledges, North America, con-
tinued
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 2, “Tending Sweetgrass” (pp. 72-105)
• Manuel, George. 2019 [1974]. “Mutual dependence”. In Fourth World: An Indian Reality. University of
Minnesota Press.
• Little Bear, Leroy. 2000. “Jagged Worldviews Colliding”. http://blogs.sd62.bc.ca/danddtech/wp-con-
tent/blogs.dir/24/files/2014/02/LittleBear1.pdf
• Ebron, Paulla. 1998. “Enchanted Memories of Regional Difference in African American Culture”.
American Anthropologist 100 (1):94-105. https://www.jstor.org/stable/682811?seq=1 5. October 7:
Introduction to Environmental Knowledges in South America
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 3, “Picking Sweetgrass” (pp. 106-140)
• Valencia, Robert. 2019. “Francia Márquez, Renowned Afro-Colombian Activist: What Environmental
Racism Means To Me”. EarthJustice. https://earthjustice.org/blog/2019-august/francia-m-rquez-re-
nowned-afro-colombian-activist-what-environmental-racism-means-to-me
• Painter, L. and R. Wallace. 2017. “On Our Lands: Indigenous Bolivians Take Control Of Their Forests”.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/on-our-lands-indigenous-bolivians-take-control-of-their-forests
• de la Cadena, M. (2015) “Uncommoning nature” in e-flux August 2015. http://supercommunity.e-flux.
com/texts/uncommoning-nature/
6. October 14: Introduction to Environmental Knowledges in The Caribbean and
the TransAtlantic
• Sharpe, Christina. 2016. “The Ship, Chapter 2 (pp.25-67) in In the Wake: On Blackness and Being.
Duke University Press.
• Lethabo King, Tiffany. 2019. “Introduction”. Pp. 1-35 in The Black Shoals. Duke University Press. Avail-
able for free online: https://www.dukeupress.edu/Assets/PubMaterials/978-1-4780-0636-7_601.pdf
• Vaughn, Sarah. 2017. “Disappearing Mangroves: The Epistemic Politics of Climate Adaptation in Guy-
ana.” Cultural Anthropology 32(2): 441-467.
7. October 21: Introduction to Environmental Knolwedges in Asia
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 3, “Picking Sweetgrass” (pp. 141-174)
• Rubis JM and Theriault N (2019) Concealing Protocols: Conservation, Indigenous Survivance, and the
Dilemmas of Visibility. Social and Cultural Geography. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2019.1574882.
• Paredes, Oona. 2016. “Rivers of Memory and Oceans of Difference in the Lumad World of Mindan-
ao,” TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia 4(2): 329-349.
• Viewing of “One Night in Bhopal” (documentary)
8. October 28: FALL BREAK
5. 9. November 4: Introduction to Environmental Knowledges in Sápmi + Siberia
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 3, “Picking Sweetgrass” (pp. 175-204)
• Brightman, Marc, Grotti, Vanessa, and Olga Ulturgasheva. 2006. “Introduction: Rethinking the
“Frontier” in Amazonia and Siberia: Extractive economies, Indigenous politics, and social transfor-
mations”. The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology Vol. 26, No. 2 (2006/2007), pp. 1-12 (available
for free download with JSTOR): https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/
introduction-rethinking-the-frontier-in-amazonia-and-siberia-extractive-economies-indigenous-poli-
tics-and-social-transformations(6141994c-8ebe-41b4-b871-ce9b8a5140bf).html
• Vidal, John. 2016. “Sami reindeer herders battle conservationists and miners to cling on to Arctic
culture”. The Observer. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/feb/21/sami-peo-
ple-reindeer-herders-arctic-culture
• Ulturgasheva, O. & Bodenhorn, B., 13 Jun 2017, “Climate Strategies: Thinking through Arctic Exam-
ples”. In : Royal Society of London. Proceedings A. Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sci-
ences. 375, 20160363, p. 1-13 13 p., 375: 20160363. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/
files/55185524/Climate_Strategies_final_published_version.pdf
10. November 11: Introduction to Environmental Knowledges in Africa
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 4, “Braiding Sweetgrass” (pp.205-240)
• Baofo, Y.A., Saito, O., Kato, S., Kamiyama, C., Takeuchi, K. M. Nakahara. 2015. “The role of tradition-
al ecological knowledge in ecosystem services management: the case of four rural communities in
Northern Ghana”. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21513732.2015.1124454
• IPACC. 2016. “An Introduction to integrating African Indigenous & Traditional Knowledge in National
Adaptation Plans, Programmes of Action, Platforms and Policies”. https://ipacc.org.za/wp-content/
uploads/2020/02/indigenous_knowledge.pdf
• Macharia, Keguro. 2020. “belated: interruption” GLQ, 2020-06, Vol.26 (3), p.561-573 https://read.
dukeupress.edu/glq/article/26/3/561/165441/belated-interruption
• Ibrahim, Hindou Oumarou. 2019. “Indigenous Knowledge meets Science to Solve Climate Change”.
TED talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/hindou_oumarou_ibrahim_indigenous_knowledge_meets_sci-
ence_to_solve_climate_change
11. November 18 : Introduction to Environmental Knolwedges in Oceania
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 4, “Braiding Sweetgrass” (pp.241-302)
• Banivanua Mar, Tracy. 2016. “Saltwater: the separation of people and territory”, Chapter 4 in Decol-
onisation and the Pacific. Cambridge University Press.
• Te Punga Somerville, Alice. “Māori People in the Pacific”, pp. 11-36 in Once Were Pacific: Māori Con-
nections to Oceania. University of Minessota. Available online via Carleton Library.
• Povinelli, Elizabeth. (1995). Do Rocks Listen? The Cultural Politics of Apprehending Australian Aborigi-
nal Labor. American Anthropologist 97(3): 505-518.
• Viewing of “Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial” (Nova Television,) http://catalogue.library.
carleton.ca/record=b2409459
12. November 25: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 5, “Burning Sweetgrass” (pp.303-340)
• McGregor, Deborah. 2006. “Traditional Ecological Knowledge”. Ideas: the Arts and Science Review,
vol. 3, no. 1 http://www.silvafor.org/assets/silva/PDF/DebMcGregor.pdf
• Berkes, Fikret. 1999. Chapter 1: Context of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, pp. 1-16 in Sacred
Ecology: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Natural Resource Management. Philadelphia: Taylor
and Francis.
• Scott, Colin. 2011 [1989]. “Science for the West, Myth for the Rest? The Case of James Bay Cree
Knowledge Construction.” Pp. 175-197 in The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader
edited by Sandra Harding. Durham: Duke University Press.
13. December 2: wrap up
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Chapter 5, “Burning Sweetgrass” (pp.341-379)
• Braiding Sweetgrass, Epilogue: Returning the Gift (pp.380-385)