Community Conservation Research Network | https://www.communityconservation.net Exploring the connection between communities, livelihoods and conservation Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:55:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The significance of arts in community conservation: Lessons from Inuit art by Kaitlyn Rathwell https://www.communityconservation.net/the-significance-of-arts-in-community-conservation-lessons-from-inuit-art/ Thu, 16 Nov 2017 21:45:51 +0000 https://www.communityconservation.net/?p=3907 Inuit art reflects a cultural response to shifting sea ice and climate change. The Inuit people are tightly linked to ecological systems that include both land and sea. Vital as they are to community well-being, both land and sea ice are changing rapidly due to global climate change. Conservation efforts see the importance of both the unique arctic sea ice and tundra as ecological systems, and the important ecological knowledge carried for millennia by the indigenous people of Canada’s north. In this webinar, I present recent research that links Inuit art with community conservation and resilience. I unpack how different artistic practices, and art objects, can make significant contributions to conservation practice in these communities. Art making occurs both individually and collaboratively in Inuit communities. Art objects can travel between social worlds to influence governance and policy outcomes beyond the community of production. Inuit artists intentionally embed their traditional and ecological knowledge into their works. In this way, art functions as storage and maintenance of knowledge, and as mechanisms for social cohesion by connecting this knowledge amongst generations. When used strategically, art and artistic processes can contribute to conservation policy and practice by generating novel insights about places, and by revealing community outlook and priorities.

]]> Indigenous Engagement in Conservation by Larry McDermott https://www.communityconservation.net/indigenous-engagement-in-conservation/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:44:27 +0000 https://www.communityconservation.net/?p=3905 What are the fundamental principles of engagement of First Nations governments, organizations and peoples in community conservation, land use and resource management issues? How can these principles, such as respect, guide process and action?

This talk will cover these questions, as well as what reconciliation means in this context. Much has been written about the importance of reconciling Traditional Knowledge with Western Natural and Social Sciences. How to reconcile the natural world with cross-cultural capacity development for equitable and sustainable conservation and livelihoods outcomes, however, is less clear. Connected people leads to healthy communities – so what needs to happen for true reconciliation to occur?

]]> Intergenerational Knowledge Sharing of Conservation Values in Indigenous Communities by Dawn Foxcroft & Michelle Colyn https://www.communityconservation.net/intergenerational-knowledge-sharing-of-conservation-values-in-indigenous-communities/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:41:53 +0000 https://www.communityconservation.net/?p=3901 In this webinar, Dawn Foxcroft and Michelle Colyn discuss the power of intergenerational knowledge transmission between youth and elders and its connection to stewardship in Indigenous communities. As members of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nation, along Canada’s West Coast, and working for Uu-a-thluk, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Fisheries, they bring a community perspective to this topic. They explore how assimilation tactics have caused a disconnection between elders and youth, and youth and the environment; why these relationships between the generations are fundamental to the health of aquatic resources; and they highlight approaches they have used to foster these intergenerational connections grounded in Nuu-chah-nulth principles.

]]> Conservation, Indigenous Livelihoods and Environmental Justice by Sadie Beaton https://www.communityconservation.net/conservation-indigenous-livelihoods-and-environmental-justice/ Wed, 08 Nov 2017 21:41:00 +0000 https://www.communityconservation.net/?p=3899 Join researcher and environmental activist Sadie Beaton as she describes her journey to better understand the meaning and motivations for environmental justice in Mi’kma’ki, the indigenous Mi’kmaq lands on Canada’s Atlantic coast. This multimedia presentation will focus on a current environmental justice issue – resistance to a natural gas storage project threatening the Sipekne’katik River – that has Mi’kmaq communities asserting their rights to fisheries, and allying with non-indigenous Nova Scotians. Beaton has been involved in this resistance work as part of a CCRN case study that takes the form of a radio interview series and podcast, alongside on-the-ground efforts to incorporate an environmental justice lens into her work with the environmental organization Ecology Action Centre.

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