ES 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ethnoecology, Sami People, Economic Botany

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ES 321
• Professor: Lantz

Document Summary

A history of ethnoecology and relevance to contemporary environmental issues: margins to the mainstream. (cid:862)rapid e(cid:454)plosio(cid:374)(cid:863) traditional knowledge not a widely known discipline until 1980s; marginalized and only used when critical. Academics who paid attention to traditional knowledge: linnaeus (spent time living with sami people) and william withering (physician, interest in ethnobotany foxglove used in treating heart ailments). John harshberger contributed to journal of economic botany. (cid:862)these [i(cid:374)digenous] communities are the repositories of vast accumulations of traditional knowledge and experience that link humanity with its ancient origins. Their disappearance is a loss for the larger society which could learn a great deal from their traditional skills in sustai(cid:374)a(cid:271)l(cid:455) (cid:373)a(cid:374)agi(cid:374)g (cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) e(cid:272)ologi(cid:272)al s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)s. (cid:863) Canadian reindeer project: transported reindeer to northwest territories for breeding sami people were breeders. Herders did not have a say in the project but simply listened to demands of government.