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"At the dawn of the third millennium, dramatic challenges face human civilization everywhere. Relations between human beings and their environment are in peril, with mounting threats to both biological diversity of life on earth and cultural diversity of human communities. The peoples of the Circumpolar Arctic are at the forefront of these challenges and lead the way in seeking meaningful responses." "In Biocultural Diversity and Indigenous Ways of Knowing, author Karim-Aly Kassam positions the Arctic and sub-Arctic as a homeland rather than simply a frontier for resource exploitation. Kassam aims to empirically and theoretically illustrate the synthesis between the cultural and biological, using human ecology as a conceptual and analytical lens. Drawing on research carried out in partnership with indigenous northern communities, three case studies illustrate that subsistence hunting and gathering are not relics of an earlier era, but rather remain essential to both cultural diversity and to human survival." "This book deals with contemporary issues such as climate change, indigenous knowledge, and the impact of natural resource extraction. It is a narrative of community-based research, in the service of the communities for the benefit of the communities. It provides resource-based industry, policy makers, and students with an alternative way of engaging indigenous communities and transforming our perspective on conservation of ecological and cultural diversity."--BOOK JACKET.
Human ecology --- Indigenous peoples --- Subsistence economy --- Biodiversity conservation --- Cultural pluralism --- Traditional ecological knowledge --- Alaska. --- Indigenous knowledge. --- Indigenous peoples. --- Indigenous research. --- arctic homeland. --- arctic. --- biodiversity. --- circumpolar arctic. --- conservation. --- cultural and biological relation. --- cultural diversity. --- human ecology. --- hunting and gathering. --- northwest territories. --- relationships between humans and the environment. --- ulukhaktok. --- wainwright.
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This open access book explores cultural competence in the higher education sector from multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. It addresses cultural competence in terms of leadership and the role of the higher education sector in cultural competence policy and practice. Drawing on lessons learned, current research and emerging evidence, the book examines various innovative approaches and strategies that incorporate Indigenous knowledge and practices into the development and implementation of cultural competence, and considers the most effective approaches for supporting cultural competence in the higher education sector. This book will appeal to researchers, scholars, policy-makers, practitioners and general readers interested in cultural competence policy and practice.
Higher education. --- Educational policy. --- Education and state. --- Educational sociology. --- Educational sociology . --- Education and sociology. --- Higher Education. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Ethnicity in Education. --- Sociology of Education. --- Education and sociology --- Social problems in education --- Society and education --- Sociology, Educational --- Sociology --- Education --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Universities and colleges --- Aims and objectives --- Government policy --- Higher Education --- Educational Policy and Politics --- Ethnicity in Education --- Sociology of Education --- open access --- Indigenous higher education --- student equity --- student transition --- higher education policy --- Indigenous research --- community engagement --- cultural competency policy and practices --- developing cultural competency in higher education --- implementing cultural competency in higher education --- culturally competent leadership --- culturally responsive pedagogy --- diversity, social justice, equity and inclusion --- culturally competent service learning --- Higher & further education, tertiary education --- Educational strategies & policy
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