As a follow up to our December discussions with the Ecology@UVic group, we wanted to post our favourite reads on collaborative and community-based ecological research. We are grateful for such a plethora of thought-provoking, engaging, and humbling writing that is out there for those interested in pursuing community-based participatory research. There is so much to learn!
Photo credit: Cael Cook
Blogs:
Jeff Corntassel, University of Victoria – Indigenizing the Academy
Books:
Terry Tobias. 2000. Chief Kerry’s Moose: a guidebook to landuse and occupancy mapping, research design and data collection. Union of BC Indian Chiefs & Ecotrust Canada, Vancouver, BC.
Tobias. 2009. Living proof: the essential data-collection guide for indigenous use-and-occupancy map surveys. Ecotrust Canada.
Sagarin and Pauchard. 2012. Observation and ecology: broadening the scope of science to understand a complex world. Island Press.
Smith. 1999. Decolonizing methodologies: Research and indigenous peoples. Zed books.
Inspiring Papers:
Brook and McLachlan. 2008. Trends and prospects for local knowledge in ecological and conservation research and monitoring. Biodiversity and Convervation. 17:3501-3512.
Gilchrist, Mallory, and Merkel. 2005. Can local ecological knowledge contribute to wildlife management? Case studies of migratory birds. Ecology and Society 10(1): 20. http://www.
Huntington. 2000. Using traditional ecological knowledge in science: methods and applications. Ecological Applications 10:1270-1274.
Schnarch, 2004. Ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAP) or self-determination applied to research. Journal of Aboriginal Health 1, 80–95.
Turner and Berkes. 2006. Coming to Understanding: Developing Conservation through Incremental Learning in the Pacific Northwest. Human Ecology 34, 495–513. doi:10.1007/s10745-006-9042-0
Our community partners, and the lessons we learn when we are in their communities, are ultimately the best sources in efforts to decolonize the research process and de-center the academy. We are grateful for the walks, and boat rides, and cups of tea over which we share in these lessons.
Let us know what else you would recommend – what are your favourites? What have you read that has challenged your assumptions as a scientist? What has inspired you?