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Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecological Science: a Question of Scale [PDF]

Ecology and Society, 2009
The benefits and challenges of integrating traditional ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge have led to extensive discussions over the past decades, but much work is still needed to facilitate the articulation and co-application of these two types of knowledge.
Catherine A. Gagnon, Dominique Berteaux
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Rational Tuning of Hygroscopic Oscillation of Stacked Nanoflake Assemblies for Continuous Ambient Energy Harvesting

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Stacked nanoflake assembly (SNA) membranes can oscillate autonomously, offering opportunities for soft actuation and energy harvesting. This work uncovers the physical mechanism behind the sustained oscillation of SNA membranes in gradient humidity and identifies three governing dimensionless parameters, enabling rational design for optimizing SNA ...
Zijing Zhang, Jimin Fu, Gesa Zhang, Zhihua Liang, Boxun Zhang, Haimin Yao   +5 more
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Reframing Academic Development for the Ecological University: From ‘Change’ to ‘Growth’

Education Sciences
This paper contributes to an emerging multi-layered perspective of academic development that embraces the diversity of knowledges that exists across the university campus.
Ian M. Kinchin
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Symbiotic Relations at Ca’ Inua: Farming, Exhibitions, and Social Engagement. A Conversation with the Artist Collective Panem et Circenses (Ludovico Pensato and Alessandra Ivul)

Humanities, 2023
Our contribution discusses the practice of Panem et Circenses (Alessandra Ivul and Ludovico Pensato), an art collective whose work revolves around food and agriculture.
Silvia Bottinelli, Margherita d’Ayala Valva   +1 more
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De la monoculture de la Raison à l’écologie des Savoirs – Boaventura de Sousa Santos et la lutte contre l’épistémicide [PDF]

, 2018
This paper proposes to reconstruct Boaventura de Sousa Santos' conception of "epistemologies of the south" both (a) as a critical theory aiming at denouncing the impoverishment of the epistemic field entailed by the normative imposition of a certain ...
Garcia, Luis Fellipe C.
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Between Scylla and Charybdis: Environmental governance and illegibility in the American West [PDF]

, 2020
In The Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew must navigate the Strait of Messina between two great hazards: the six-headed monster Scylla on one side, and the whirlpool Charybdis on the other.
Martin, Jeff V
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Vision‐Augmented Wearable Interfaces: Bioinspired Approaches for Realistic AI‐Human‐Machine Interaction

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review presents recent progress in vision‐augmented wearable interfaces that combine artificial vision, soft wearable sensors, and exoskeletal robots. Inspired by biological visual systems, these technologies enable multimodal perception and intelligent human–machine interaction.
Jihun Lee, Gwuidong Ryu, Kisoo Kim, Feng Xu, Won Gu Lee   +4 more
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Collaborative science and knowledge co-production in struggles for territory and life: insights from Mexico

Tapuya
The Mintsïta Gardens Ecological Community (MGEC) in Morelia, Mexico, has strengthened its community and sustainable living project by incorporating and mobilizing concepts, data, and analyses from environmental geography and other scientific fields. Here,
Josué Federico Pérez Domínguez, Jaime Paneque-Gálvez   +1 more
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Improving landholder engagement in biodiversity conservation: What can be learned from literary theory and design

People and Nature, 2021
Drawing on a case study of an ecological assessment report used in part for landholder engagement by an Australian government biodiversity initiative, this paper illustrates how literary theory and design might aid in designing improved versions of ...
Thomas Lee, Rachael Wakefield‐Rann
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Pebbles in palms: Counter‐practices against despair [PDF]

, 2019
© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ppi.1481With ongoing news of hardship and suffering in the United Kingdom and throughout the world, and
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