IS-1017 Lecture 2: CHAPTER 1 - ways of knowing

• School: University of Winnipeg
• Department: INDIGENOUS STUDIES
• Course: IS-1017
• Professor: Darren Courchene

Document Summary

The study that people engage in as they attempt to understand the fundamental truths about themselves: Includes the world in which they live, and their relationships with the world and one another. Native philosophy: remains relegated to the academic periphery. Indigenous philosophies developed in response to ecologically specific rhythms, patterns, and events. Native philosophy: an inclusive concept that embraces the worlds of science and spirituality. Pays homage to the origins and nature of the knowledge that emerged from within specific environments. Seeks to understand how these diverse forces informed and continue to inform the evolution of ethics and codes of conduct in native communities: native studies. Challenges the belief that there is a universal way of interpreting one"s surroundings. Native studies, in particular, embraces two key objectives: To develop better understanding of how native leaders responded to pre- and post-contact social, political, and economic forces. To counter prevailing scholarly ideologies devaluing indigenous ways of knowing: native philosophy.