Changing Tides

Description

Change the story and change the future – merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign Anthropocene

• Author is ecologist working collaboratively with First Nations on integration of traditional knowledge with western science
• Born and raised in Mexico City and has worked as a marine scientist in Coastal BC, Canada for over 20 years
• Seeks to find ways of relating to the natural world and natural resources that help create a better future
• Through his work in marine conservation, he has discovered a path where science and indigenous knowledge meet and work together to create better outcomes for everyone
• Written to be culturally inclusive and relevant to both native and settler culture
• Argues that the stories we tell about these changes will affect our future outcomes
• At this pivotal moment in history, the most important story we can be telling ourselves is that humans are not inherently destructive.
• We can recognize that indigenous cultures have lived and thrived for millennia with large populations within a finite resource base and large populations of indigenous cultures have lived sustainably for millennia
• By integrating this traditional knowledge into modern scientific knowledge, a synergistic approach to resource management can be achieved
• Similar to Sacred Ecology by Fikret Berkes, this book makes an important contribution to the work of reconciliation. It differs in that it has a personal approach and experimental perspective.
• Takes off where Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer stopped by giving real life examples where Indigenous people are reclaiming control over their resources.
• Uses real life examples to argue that when Indigenous people are legitimate partners in resource management, it is more likely to ensure the sustainability of those resources
• Drawing from the author's personal experience as an ecologist, these stories encourage the reader to tell a new story about our future that is optimistic and hopeful

Audience:
Readers of Braiding Sweetgrass, people interested in natural conservation, climate change and ecology, Native American and Indigenous studies, students of climatology, archeology, anthropology, social science, resource management and ecology

Canada:

• The author has worked to ensure his writing is culturally inclusive. The manuscript has received feedback from first nation writers.
• Author is interested in doing book events and is willing to travel
• Regional Interest: BC, University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University

Change the story and change the future – merging science and Indigenous knowledge to steer us towards a more benign Anthropocene

In Changing Tides, Alejandro Frid tackles the big questions: who, or what, represents our essential selves, and what stories might allow us to shift the collective psyche of industrial civilization in time to avert the worst of the climate and biodiversity crises? Merging scientific perspectives with Indigenous knowledge might just help us change the story we tell ourselves about who we are and where we could go.

As humanity marches on, causing mass extinctions and destabilizing the climate, the future of Earth will very much reflect the stories that Homo sapiens decide to jettison or accept today into our collective identity. At this pivotal moment in history, the most important story we can be telling ourselves is that humans are not inherently destructive.

In seeking the answers, Frid draws from a deep well of personal experience and that of Indigenous colleagues, finding a glimmer of hope in Indigenous cultures that, despite the ravishes of colonialism, have for thousands of years developed intentional and socially complex practices for resource management that epitomize sustainability.

Changing Tides is for everyone concerned with the irrevocable changes we have unleashed upon our planet and how we might steer towards a more benign Anthropocene.

Preface

1: Gravity Suspended
2: Resisting Least Resistance
3: Coalescing Knowledge
4: Reawakening
5: The Exuberance of Herring
6: Sculpted by River and Story
7: Beautiful Protest
Interlude I
8. Echoes Across the Lake
9. Ditching Our Climate-Wrecking Stories
Interlude II
10. At the Edge of Geologic Epochs
11. Transformation

Acknowledgments
Captions
Notes
References
Index
About the Author
A Note About the Publisher

Subjects

• Books
• Savoirs
• Natural science
• Traditional knowledge
• Native American studies
• Ethnic studies
• Ancestor
• First Nations
• Human condition
• Collective unconscious
• Reconciliation
• Climate change
• Indigenous peoples
• Natural science
• Social sciences
• Survival
• Planet
• Nature

Informations

• Published by: New Society Publishers
• Published: 15 October 2019
• Reads: 0
• EAN13: 9781771422987
• Language: English
• Document size: 2 MB

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