scholarly journals Special Issue on Indigenous knowledge for water-related climate adaptation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 761-765
Author(s):  
Martina Angela Caretta ◽  
Ruth A. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Special Issue

Influence of Indigenous Knowledge and Scientific Climate Forecasts on Arable Farmers’ Climate Adaptation Methods in the Rwenzori region, Western Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Robert Nkuba ◽  
Raban Chanda ◽  
Gagoitseope Mmopelwa ◽  
Edward Kato ◽  
Margaret N. Mangheni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Climate Forecasts ◽  
Western Uganda

scholarly journals Contested Knowledges: Large Dams and Mega-Hydraulic Development

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rutgerd Boelens ◽  
Esha Shah ◽  
Bert Bruins
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Large Dams ◽  
Planning Models ◽  
Contested Knowledge ◽  
Hydraulic Infrastructure ◽  
Introductory Paper ◽  
Large Dam

Locally and globally, mega-hydraulic projects have become deeply controversial. Recently, despite widespread critique, they have regained a new impetus worldwide. The development and operation of large dams and mega-hydraulic infrastructure projects are manifestations of contested knowledge regimes. In this special issue we present, analyze and critically engage with situations where multiple knowledge regimes interact and conflict with each other, and where different grounds for claiming the truth are used to construct hydrosocial realities. In this introductory paper, we outline the conceptual groundwork. We discuss ‘the dark legend of UnGovernance’ as an epistemological mainstay underlying the mega-hydraulic knowledge regimes, involving a deep, often subconscious, neglect of the multiplicity of hydrosocial territories and water cultures. Accordingly, modernist epistemic regimes tend to subjugate other knowledge systems and dichotomize ‘civilized Self’ versus ‘backward Other’; they depend upon depersonalized planning models that manufacture ignorance. Romanticizing and reifying the ‘othered’ hydrosocial territories and vernacular/indigenous knowledge, however, may pose a serious danger to dam-affected communities. Instead, we show how multiple forms of power challenge mega-hydraulic rationality thereby repoliticizing large dam regimes. This happens often through complex, multi-actor, multi-scalar coalitions that make that knowledge is co-created in informal arenas and battlefields.

scholarly journals Increasing Crop Water Productivity through Local Crops and Technologies: A Case from the Ethnic Chepang Community of Nepal

2012 ◽  
pp. 50-53
Author(s):  
Bed P. Khatiwada ◽  
Rajan Ghimire ◽  
Rabindra Adhikari ◽  
Surendra Osti
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Water Productivity ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Crop Water ◽  
Crop Water Productivity ◽  
Sustainable Soil Management ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
Made In ◽  
Production Resource

Water is the most important and scarce production resource, and with changing climate the importance of this resource increases significantly. Increasing efforts are being made in research and education to maximize the water use efficiently with the concept of ‘crop per drop’ to increase crop water productivity with a good blend of science and indigenous knowledge. Nepalese farmers are adapting the best to water scarcity through adoption of sustainable soil management and the use of crops with minimum water requirement, among other options. This paper attempts to deal with the neglected issues of using local crops and indigenous knowledge and technologies for increasing water productivity.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hn.v11i1.7204 Hydro Nepal Special Issue: Conference Proceedings 2012 pp.50-53

scholarly journals Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Jøran Solli ◽  
Marianne Ryghaug
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Decision Context ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
Shaping Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Climate Knowledge ◽  
The Difference

<div><p>The difference between indigenous knowledge and western science continues to be a central theme in the social studies of science. This paper investigates the use of climate knowledge in climate adaptation activities. The analysis is based on a case study of indigenous experts involved in practical operations dealing with risk of avalanches in an area particularly vulnerable to avalanches in northern Norway. We find that indigenous knowledge held by local area experts and western science overlap. From this we develop two lines of argument. Firstly that assemblages of climate adaptation is produced as collaborative guesswork related to coupling and negotiation of different types of knowledge in a decision context. Secondly, we discuss what such a practice means for the understanding of the relationship between climate knowledge and climate policy. By following different assemblages of climate knowledge we point to an alternative way of understanding a process of policy shaping in relation to climate adaptation: a sideways policy shaping process where what gets included or excluded and what is considered internal or external to a decision making context becomes evident.</p><div> </div></div>

scholarly journals Integration of indigenous and scientific knowledge in climate adaptation in KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Myuri Basdew ◽  
Obert Jiri ◽  
Paramu L Mafongoya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Climate Information ◽  
Subsistence Farmers ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

AbstractIndigenous knowledge has for generations assisted rural subsistence farming communities adapt to climate change and make daily decisions regarding agriculture. This study was conducted in the rural community of Swayimane, uMshwathi Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The main objective of the research was to determine the indigenous indicators used by rural farmers, identify the means through which seasonal climate information is disseminated and assess the strengths and weaknesses of indigenous and scientific knowledge. The other objective of the research was to evaluate the integration of indigenous and scientific weather forecasting. The research used 100 questionnaires which were administered to the subsistence farmers of the community. Focus group discussions and key informant interviews were conducted with small groups of individuals. Results showed that majority of the indigenous indicators related to rainfall and seasonal predictions. Also, seasonal scientific climate information was mainly disseminated via television and radio. Local farmers highlighted that indigenous knowledge was essential in predicting seasonal changes and rainfall and scientific knowledge was not trusted. Indigenous knowledge is transmitted by oral tradition, from generation to generation and mainly among the elderly, and, thinly, to the younger generation. Scientific information was thought to be too technical and difficult to comprehend. It can be concluded that subsistence farmers were open to the integration of scientific and indigenous weather forecasting. They highlighted that it would improve decision making concerning their agricultural activities.

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