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Recognizing the Roles of Ethnoscience, Traditional Knowledge, and Emic Approaches towards Citizen Science and Sustainable Development Projects : Implications for the Rio Grande Valley, Texas DR. FRANK J. DIRRIGL, JR. Earth, Environmental, &
Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences
Source: https://blogs.dal.ca/sustainabilitynews/files/2012/09/citizenscience.jpg
Recognizing the Roles of Ethnoscience, Traditional Knowledge, and Emic Approaches towards Citizen Science and Sustainable Development Projects: Implications for the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
Sources: eoearth.org; Office of the President, General Assembly
“Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987),
The Three Pillars
UN Global Compact Cities Programme Engagement Belief & Meaning
The Fourth Pillar
Sources: www.sancristoballanguageschool.org; http://ranchero963.blogspot.com
Metzger & Williams 1963, American Anthropologist; 1966, American Anthropologist
Ethnoscience, the Tenejapa Ladino, and Tzeltal [Mayan]
Sources: Metzger & Williams 1966, American Anthropologist; http://i.imgur.com/IYtqLd7.jpg
Western Example Tzetal Example
Firewood
Source: http://trabajosocialchiapasegrets.blogspot.com/
Ethnozoology
Source: The Director General of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Mayor, 1994); www.nativescience.org
“The indigenous people of the world possess an immense knowledge of their environments, based on centuries of living close to nature. Living in and from the richness and variety of complex ecosystems, they have an understanding
functioning of ecosystems and the techniques for using and managing them that is particular and often detailed. In rural communities in developing countries, locally occurring species are relied on for many - sometimes all - foods, medicines, fuel, building materials and other
perceptions of the environment, and their relationships with it, are often important elements of cultural identity.
Traditional Knowledge
Source: Science 06/05/2015
Native & Community Citizen Science
Source: Haklay 2013, Citizen Science and Volunteered Geographic Information – overview and typology of participation
Source: Gowda & Nayak 2014, Int J Med Public Health
Common Survey
Semi-Structured Interviews: Togo People
Source: Spuhler 2007; countryreports.org
Source: Dirrigl & Vitek 2013, The Applied Anthropologist
Rio Grande Valley: Medical Anthropology
Source: Dirrigl & Vitek 2013, The Applied Anthropologist
Personify & Humanize
Emic Approach
Source: http://www.nativescience.org
Source: http://urbanedge.blogs.rice.edu; lubbockonline. Com;
Colonias
Source: http://urbanedge.blogs.rice.edu
Colonias
Source: http://urbanedge.blogs.rice.edu; www.srh.noaa.gov/
Source: quod.lib.umich.edu
Source: themonitor.com
Source: quod.lib.umich.edu
Source: quod.lib.umich.edu
Citizen Science & Monitoring
Source: earthwatch.org; devcomconvergence.wordpress.com; www.myhorrynews.com
Trapping
Landing Rates
with Flood Waters
Source: http://ecdc.europa.eu/EN/HEALTHTOPICS/DENGUE_FEVER; billclarkbugsperts.com; www.flickr.com
Citizen Science & Monitoring
Source: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org
Source: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org
UN Global Compact Cities Programme Water Place Settlements
Source: www.loyno.edu
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