Indigenous Knowledge Ethics for Climate Change Adaptation and Coloniality in Africa / Godwin Odok.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Odok, Godwin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate change adaptation--Africa.

Climate change adaptation.

Climatic changes--Africa.

Climatic changes.

Ethnoscience--Africa.

Ethnoscience.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Ethics International Press Ltd, [2023]

Summary:

Even though the importance of indigenous knowledge is gradually being recognized in development studies, little attention had been given in research to the value of indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation. This book takes up many of the research challenges articulated in the UN-commissioned Millennium Ecosystem Assessment which highlighted many uncertainties that exist about climate change issues. This book aims to address these challenges in a localized context by providing a robust evidence-base that supports improved implementation of climate change adaptation schemes in rural Africa. That is, to set up negotiations within the climate change adaptation agenda in ways that the 'western scientific' and 'local-traditional practices' can work together ethically, seriously and respectfully to combat climate change in the African continent. Interactions between indigenous knowledge systems and climate change adaptation, and resulting feedbacks are dynamic, location and time-specific, occurring at different scales, and responding to different drivers. Climate change and its adaptation strategies must be addressed as dynamic, multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional. This book will be useful to academia, community development practitioners, government and non-governmental organizations, consultants and practitioners, and students in the field of rural sociology and sustainable development, and will add to the literature that is beginning to build around indigenous knowledge and sustainable development in Africa.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Preface

Chapter One

Understanding Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

1.1 Introduction to Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

1.2 Coloniality of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

1.3 Africa's Spirituality in Climate Change Adaptation

Chapter Two

Theoretical Foundations of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

2.1 Ecological Modernization Theory and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

2.2 Indigenous Knowledge, Tradition and Social Order in Africa

2.3 The Indigenous Knowledge Approach and Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

2.4 Endogenous Development in Modernity: Potentials for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

Chapter Three

Methodological Issues of Climate Change Adaptation Research in Africa

3.1 African Indigenous Philosophies and Methods for Knowledge Production

3.2 Ethical Considerations for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

Chapter Four

Evidence of Climate Change Adaptation Research in Africa

1.1 Climate Change Impacts in Africa

4.2 Rural Livelihoods and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Africa

1.3 Synergy for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

4.4 Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge for Forest-Management Practices in Africa

Chapter Five

Policy Recommendations for Climate Change Adaptation in Africa

5.1 Forestry Development and Policies in Africa

5.2 Policy Recommendations for Climate Actions in Africa

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Other Format:

Print version: Odok, Godwin Indigenous Knowledge Ethics for Climate Change Adaptation and Coloniality in Africa

ISBN:

9781804412084

1804412082

OCLC:

1394118427