Knowledge co-production in BearWatch: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:46, 26 February 2025

Most of the IQ and TEK that had been collected in the project was part of an informative strategy to determine sampling locations in the field, rather than part of a decisive strategy where Inuit Knowledge is engaged across multiple stages of research decision making. Interviews with elders and hunters had revolved around observations and spatial demarcations under the nominator of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) marked on maps.

This observation is not to discount the insights, observations, and contributions to research that such TEK can provide for monitoring research. However, as a process of meaningfully engaging with Inuit knowledge on its own terms, beyond a data-driven focus, this narrow focus on TEK falls short. Instead of approaching knowledge conciliation as an epistemological question of data, it should be considered as an invitation to rethink the ontological bassumptions that underly contemporary processes of research and polar bear management.

One of the ways with which the BearWatch research have started to respond to the challenge of knowledge co-production beyond a data-driven agenda, is by exploring the possibilities of “wayfaring”.

"Take a Detour to Cut 2" if you are curious to find out more about a small pilot study that we have done.

Otherwise,

"Return" to our testimonial reading.

Detour to Cut 3: Different (Knowledge) Conciliation Practices

Return to Cut 1: Voices of Thunder

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 Most of the IQ and TEK that had been collected in the project was part of an informative strategy to determine sampling locations in the field, rather than part of a decisive strategy where Inuit Knowledge is engaged across multiple stages of research decision making. Interviews with elders and hunters had revolved around observations and spatial demarcations under the nominator of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) marked on maps.
-This observation is not to discount the insights, observations, and contributions to research that such TEK can provide for monitoring research. However, as a process of meaningfully engaging with Inuit knowledge on its own terms, beyond a data-driven focus, this narrow focus on TEK falls short. Instead of approaching knowledge conciliation as a question of data, it should be considered as an invitation to rethink the basic assumptions, values, and practices underlying contemporary processes of research and polar bear management.
+This observation is not to discount the insights, observations, and contributions to research that such TEK can provide for monitoring research. However, as a process of meaningfully engaging with Inuit knowledge on its own terms, beyond a data-driven focus, this narrow focus on TEK falls short. Instead of approaching knowledge conciliation as an epistemological question of data, it should be considered as an invitation to rethink the ontological bassumptions that underly contemporary processes of research and polar bear management.
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