Weaving knowledge(s): Addressing climate change through epistemic crafting

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The last half century has seen a dramatic shift occur in Western academia and practice around the recognition of Indigenous Knowledge (IK). We see examples of this shift in the adoption of IK in health management programs or the granting of legal personhood to mountains and rivers. However multiple critiques have emerged around this shift seeing it as often still being situated within specific socio-technical power structures which continue to be extractive in practice. Investigating these ideas through examples drawn from empirical design work, Dr. Manuhuia Barcham proposes how we might be able to explore bringing different knowledges and knowledge traditions together in a way that provides value for multiple stakeholder groups but maintains the dignity and integrity of these different traditions and knowledges.

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Center for Pacific Islands Studies, Department of Asian Studies, AAPI EHEJ, Mānoa Campus

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808-956-0926, msharan@hawaii.edu

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