TY - JOUR
T1 - Tuki Ayllpanchik (our beautiful land)
T2 - Indigenous ecology and farming in the Peruvian highlands
AU - Sumida Huaman, Elizabeth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Based on ethnographic research with an Indigenous community in Junín, Peru, and involving over 21 participants, this article explores the link between Indigenous lands, environmental knowledge, cultural practices, and education. Drawing from traditional ecological knowledge and nature-mediated education, Indigenous community spaces as vital learning spaces are highlighted. Through the lens of family and community-scale farming, this article also discusses critical perspectives on Indigenous agricultural traditions, lessons in subsistence farming, food and notions of success for students, and globalisation. Finally, an argument is made for educational development to acknowledge the breadth of Indigenous ecological issues, to prioritize Indigenous lands, languages, and cultural practices, and to support collaborative research that underscores Indigenous epistemologies.
AB - Based on ethnographic research with an Indigenous community in Junín, Peru, and involving over 21 participants, this article explores the link between Indigenous lands, environmental knowledge, cultural practices, and education. Drawing from traditional ecological knowledge and nature-mediated education, Indigenous community spaces as vital learning spaces are highlighted. Through the lens of family and community-scale farming, this article also discusses critical perspectives on Indigenous agricultural traditions, lessons in subsistence farming, food and notions of success for students, and globalisation. Finally, an argument is made for educational development to acknowledge the breadth of Indigenous ecological issues, to prioritize Indigenous lands, languages, and cultural practices, and to support collaborative research that underscores Indigenous epistemologies.
KW - Indigenous ecologies
KW - Indigenous education
KW - Quechua Wanka
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U2 - 10.1007/s11422-014-9622-z
DO - 10.1007/s11422-014-9622-z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908529621
SN - 1871-1502
VL - 11
SP - 1135
EP - 1153
JO - Cultural Studies of Science Education
JF - Cultural Studies of Science Education
IS - 4
ER -