Overview
- Gives interdisciplinary outputs on best practices on indigenous knowledge and sustainable development
- Provides documentation of projects, institutional policies, innovative methods and tools, and research outputs
- Covers a wide range of disciplines
Part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)
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About this book
Indigenous peoples can be found in practically every region of the world, living on ancestral homelands in major cities, rainforests, mountain regions, desert plains, the arctic, and small Pacific Islands. Their languages, knowledges, and values are rooted in the landscapes and natural resources within their territories.
However, many Indigenous peoples arenow minorities within their homelands and globally, and there is a dearth of research based on Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies. Furthermore, academic research on Indigenous peoples is typically based on western lenses. Thus, the paucity of Indigenous methodologies within mainstream research discourses present challenges for implementing practical research designs and interpretations that can address epistemological distinctiveness within Indigenous communities.
There is therefore the need to articulate, as well as bring to the nexus of research aimed at fostering sustainable development, a decolonising perspective in research design and practice.
This is what this book wants to achieve. The contributions critically reflect on Indigenous approaches to research design and implementation, towards achieving the sustainable development goals, as well as the associated challenges and opportunities. The contributions also advanced knowledge, theory, and practice of Indigenous methodologies for sustainable development.
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Methodological and Theoretical Considerations
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Case Studies and Initiatives That Illustrate the Interplay Between Indigenous Knowledge and Different Contexts That Underpin Sustainable Development
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Indigenous Methodologies, Research and Practices for Sustainable Development
Editors: Marcellus F. Mbah, Walter Leal Filho, Sandra Ajaps
Series Title: World Sustainability Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12326-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12325-2Published: 22 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12328-3Published: 22 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12326-9Published: 21 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2199-7373
Series E-ISSN: 2199-7381
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 448
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sustainable Development, Environmental Policy, Environmental and Sustainability Education, Theatre and Performance Studies