Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise
The difference between indigenous knowledge and western science continues to be a central theme in the social studies of science. This paper investigates the use of climate knowledge in climate adaptation activities. The analysis is based on a case study of indigenous experts involved in practical o...
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| description | The difference between indigenous knowledge and western science continues to be a central theme in the social studies of science. This paper investigates the use of climate knowledge in climate adaptation activities. The analysis is based on a case study of indigenous experts involved in practical operations dealing with risk of avalanches in an area particularly vulnerable to avalanches in northern Norway. We find that indigenous knowledge held by local area experts and western science overlap. From this we develop two lines of argument. Firstly that assemblages of climate adaptation is produced as collaborative guesswork related to coupling and negotiation of different types of knowledge in a decision context. Secondly, we discuss what such a practice means for the understanding of the relationship between climate knowledge and climate policy. By following different assemblages of climate knowledge we point to an alternative way of understanding a process of policy shaping in relation to climate adaptation: a sideways policy shaping process where what gets included or excluded and what is considered internal or external to a decision making context becomes evident. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62bdcdc650e94214a77ca75bfd3b6d152023-09-02T12:41:37ZengNordic Journal of Science and Technology StudiesNordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies1894-46471894-46472014-12-01221828Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertiseJøran Solli0Marianne Ryghaug1Department for Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyDepartment for Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyThe difference between indigenous knowledge and western science continues to be a central theme in the social studies of science. This paper investigates the use of climate knowledge in climate adaptation activities. The analysis is based on a case study of indigenous experts involved in practical operations dealing with risk of avalanches in an area particularly vulnerable to avalanches in northern Norway. We find that indigenous knowledge held by local area experts and western science overlap. From this we develop two lines of argument. Firstly that assemblages of climate adaptation is produced as collaborative guesswork related to coupling and negotiation of different types of knowledge in a decision context. Secondly, we discuss what such a practice means for the understanding of the relationship between climate knowledge and climate policy. By following different assemblages of climate knowledge we point to an alternative way of understanding a process of policy shaping in relation to climate adaptation: a sideways policy shaping process where what gets included or excluded and what is considered internal or external to a decision making context becomes evident.http://www.nordicsts.org/index.php/njsts/article/view/Solli%2C%20Ryghaug/pdf_5Climate adaptation knowledgeindigenous expertsassemblageclimate adaptation policy |
| spellingShingle | Jøran Solli Marianne Ryghaug Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies Climate adaptation knowledge indigenous experts assemblage climate adaptation policy |
| title | Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise |
| title_full | Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise |
| title_fullStr | Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise |
| title_short | Assembling climate knowledge. The role of local expertise |
| title_sort | assembling climate knowledge the role of local expertise |
| topic | Climate adaptation knowledge indigenous experts assemblage climate adaptation policy |
| url | http://www.nordicsts.org/index.php/njsts/article/view/Solli%2C%20Ryghaug/pdf_5 |
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