What is Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)? What ideas should be considered when developing an ethics of multispecies cohabitability? Welcome to the Home of Wisdom Coffee Conversations to learn and discuss!
Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge: important concepts for an ethics of multispecies cohabitability
In this presentation, Corinna Casi will introduce the audience to what Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is, focusing on how Indigenous scholars themselves attempt to describe it. Further, she will connect TEK with Indigenous epistemology (knowledge), ontology (what exist in the world) and axiology (values) and show how they are all connected within, for instance, Sami Indigenous context. Finally, she will identify some ideas and concepts that could be important to consider when developing an ethics of multispecies cohabitability, which is the aim of the COHAB project.
Corinna Casi (MA, PhD) is a Postdoctoral researcher in Environmental Ethics, affiliated with the Ģֱ in the COHAB project (ERC funding) about multispecies cohabitation. She defended her doctoral thesis in May 2024 at the University of Helsinki. Her doctoral research focussed on decolonizing environmental discourses promoting non-economic values of nature such as ecological, aesthetic, moral values as well as Indigenous views of nature within a value pluralism framework.
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We encourage you to take a moment away from your desk and participate on-site at the Home of Wisdom within the C-building, where coffee and tea will be served. However, remote participation is also possible. You are warmly welcome to join the event either way!
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