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Observations on the Workshop as a Means of Improving Communication Between Holders of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge

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  • HENRY P. HUNTINGTON

    (23834 The Clearing Drive, Eagle River, Alaska 99577, USA)

  • PATRICIA K. BROWN-SCHWALENBERG

    (Chugach Regional Resources Commission, 4201 Tudor Centre Drive, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, USA)

  • KATHRYN J. FROST

    (Alaska Marine Ecological Research, 1550 Coyote Trail, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, USA)

  • MARIA E. FERNANDEZ-GIMENEZ

    (School of Renewable Natural Resources, 325 Biological Sciences East, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA)

  • DAVID W. NORTON

    (Arctic Rim Research, 1749 Red Fox Drive, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709, USA)

  • DANIEL H. ROSENBERG

    (Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99518, USA)

Abstract

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and the information and insights it offers to natural resource research and management have been given much attention in recent years. On the practical question of how TEK is accessed and used together with scientific knowledge, most work to date has examined documentation and methods of recording and disseminating information. Relatively little has been done regarding exchanges between scientific and traditional knowledge. This paper examines three workshop settings in which such exchanges were intended outcomes. The Barrow Symposium on Sea Ice, the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Program Synthesis/Information Workshops, and the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee illuminate certain features of the preparation, format, and context of workshops or series of workshops and their eventual outcomes and influence. The examples show the importance of long-term relationships among participants and thorough preparation before the actual workshop. Further research should look more systematically at the factors that influence the success of a given workshop and the various ways in which participants perceive success.

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  • Henry P. Huntington & Patricia K. Brown-Schwalenberg & Kathryn J. Frost & Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez & David W. Norton & Daniel H. Rosenberg, 2002. "Observations on the Workshop as a Means of Improving Communication Between Holders of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 30(6), pages 0778-0792, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:30:y:2002:i:6:d:10.1007_s00267-002-2749-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2749-9
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