RELS 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: System Dynamics, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Mary Spencer
15 Feb 2017
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Guest speaker mary spencer, elder in residence in 4 directions aboriginal centre. Can be considered a subset of indigenous knowledge which refers to a body of knowledge built up by a group of people through generations of living in close contact with nature. Includes a system of classification, a set of empirical observations about the local environment and a system of self-management that governs resource use. Difference between aboriginal and eurocentric views of tek: aboriginal views are action oriented. Tek is something done and is not limited to a body of knowledge. Non-indigenous tek is categorized, theorized and things are pla(cid:272)ed i(cid:374) (cid:858)killi(cid:374)g jars(cid:859) Must be fluid because nature is fluid: eurocentric views are concerned with what the knowledge consists of. Tek not just the knowledge about the relationship with creation, it is the relationship with creation, the way one relates.
