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Reindeer Husbandry: Resilience in the Changing Arctic, Volume 2
2024
Author(s): Mathiesen SD, Eira IMG, Turi EI, Oskal A, Pogodaev M, Tonkopeeva M
This book focuses on climate change, indigenous reindeer husbandry and the underlying concept of connecting the traditional knowledge of indigenous reindeer herders in the Arctic with the latest research findings of the world’s leading academics.
Geographies of New Caledonia-Kanaky: Environments, Politics and Cultures
2024
Author(s): Kowasch M, Batterbury SPJ
This book provides a unique overview of geographical, historical, political and environmental issues facing the French overseas territory New Caledonia, also called “Kanaky” by the indigenous Kanak people, who outnumber citizens of European and other origin.
Higher Degree by Research: Factors for Indigenous Student Success
2022
Author(s): Anderson P, Blue L , Pham T, Saward M
This book provides insights from Indigenous higher degree research (HDR) students on supervision practices in an Australian context. It examines findings from qualitative studies conducted with Indigenous HDR students from different academic disciplines, enrolled higher education institutions across Australia, and supervisors of Indigenous HDR students.
Indigenous Peoples In Latin America: The Quest For Self-determination
1997
Author(s): Polanco HD
This book deals with the perennial tensions between ethnic groups and the modern nation-state and does so from the perspective of a leading Mexican anthropologist with deep and long experience in these matters.
Indigenous Sport and Nation-Building: Interrogating Sámi Sport and Beyond
2024
Author(s): Skille EA
This book investigates the social, political, and cultural dimensions of Indigenous sport and nation-building. Focusing on the Indigenous Sámi of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, it addresses how colonization variously impacts organizational arrangements and everyday sporting life in a modern world.
This book identifies and discusses the importance of wetlands to local communities in south-west Ethiopia, and in particular, how indigenous wetland management practices contribute to sustainable wetland use.
Ecocriticism and Indigenous Studies: Conversations from Earth to Cosmos
2020
Author(s): Monani S, Adamson J
This book addresses the intersections between the interdisciplinary realms of Ecocriticism and Indigenous and Native American Studies, and between academic theory and pragmatic eco-activism conducted by multiethnic and indigenous communities. It illuminates the multi-layered, polyvocal ways in which artistic expressions render ecological connections, drawing on scholars working in collaboration with Indigenous artists from all walks of life, including film, literature, performance, and other forms of multimedia to expand existing conversations.
The book provides an extended multi-country focus on the transnational phenomenon of genocide of Indigenous peoples through residential schooling. It analyses how such abusive systems were legitimised and positioned as benevolent during the late nineteenth century and examines Indigenous and non-Indigenous agency in the possibilities for process of truth, restitution, reconciliation, and reclamation.
The book systematically applies a human capital approach to educational policy, to help understand the education and broader development outcomes of indigenous peoples.
Traditional Knowledge in Modern India: Preservation, Promotion, Ethical Access and Benefit Sharing Mechanisms
2019
Author(s): Sengupta N
This book demonstrates how traditional knowledge can be connected to the modern world. Human knowledge of housing, health and agriculture dates back thousands of years, with old wisdom developing and becoming modern.