Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

I. Scope
II. Perspectives
the contours and features of the terrain.
map
to a song is described as equally
Listening
more effective for knowing the land than
or
on or seeing it. Further, songlines can
walking
painted in stages, with a complex key of
be
structures and colours that appear
symbols,
groups of people, living on different
Different
of land, will know different songlines
sections
is an astonishing diversity of beliefs,
There
and rituals among Indigenous cultures.
practices
these ways of knowing and being
Collectively,
the world capture what we know about the
in
potential of humanity. Much as the
wondrous
or the biosphere envelops the planet,
atmosphere
too does the sum total of human cultures—
so
anthropologist Wade Davis has
something
terms: Wade Davis
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from endangered
Dreams
the link to listen to Davis explain the
Follow
of the ethnosphere, through examples
concept
its diversity and the forces threatening the
of
of Indigenous ways of living.
survival
different ways of thinking and being,
The
over centuries, are practised by
developed
of knowledge keepers. In engaging
communities
the knowledge of Indigenous cultures
with
is important not to exoticize, fragment
it
selectively misinterpret them. Recall the
and
about holistic Indigenous knowledge:
argument
what extent can we grasp what it means for
to
Cofan of the Amazon to hear plants speak
the
sing to them, without understanding other
and
domains of that context and system
interrelated
knowledge? This chapter invites you to
of
The songlines contain vast cultural
story.
akin to an entire cosmology,
knowledge,
the laws, responsibilities and
outlining
of the people, and are meticulously
ceremonies
terms: What are
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YouTube
songlines?
Indigenous knowledges and practices
explore
the contexts in which they are embedded—
in
experience, language and ecology. Often,
history,
we are learning to engage with Indigenous
when
outside of our cultural domain, it is
knowledges
to forget that there are multiple perspectives
easy
Indigenous knowledge communities as
within
and each of these communities has ways of
well,
through disagreements and resolving
working
claims. As authors, it is not our place
competing
share Indigenous stories with you. Gregory
to
(Opaskwayak Cree Nation) specifically
Younging
against the tendency to treat and share
cautions
knowledge as gnaritas nullius or “no
Indigenous
knowledge”, and therefore everyone’s
one’s
This undermines Indigenous
knowledge.
agency over how their knowledge is
Peoples’
in accordance to Indigenous Protocols
shared
a long time, knowledge production practices
For
as academic research) and knowledge
(such
institutions (such as schools) have
dissemination
and marginalized Indigenous ways of
erased
and being. Today, these practices and
knowing
challenge the relationship—past
institutions
contemporary—between education and
and
colonialpower.
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taught and learned by each generation.
Follow the link to learn more about songlines.
more like a visual code than a map.
and therefore different chapters in the creation
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termed the “ethnosphere” (2003).
cultures TED Talk
and Customary Laws.
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