Geography 2411F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Relate
16 Apr 2018
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Indigenous environments week 2: indigenous knowledge and relationship to land. Ik culturally and spiritually based ways indigenous peoples relate to their ecosystems and to one another. Framework for living on and caring for the environment (eg. family member, friend) Defining the ecosystem includes biotic and abiotic environments; interacting with each other and vary in size and scale. Example: hawaii climate map (all biomes exist within this island) Example: australian desert alice springs (rock pools: people must keep moving, alice springs considered special because it holds water and necessary resources to survive. Individual well-being reliant on social and moral connection. Inuit worldview of health -> sharing, ancient forms of information: eg. Native hawaiian concept hula practice meant to share knowledge and stories about important things: navigation (stars) mental maps built on songs and ceremony; reading the water/ currents. Ik sustains ways of life and successful harvesting practices, generations of careful observation. Respect for all components of the ecosystem.
