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Indigenous Knowledge - ACT
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Become a guardian for an indigenous secret.
The more people who share a piece of wisdom, the more likely it is to survive. You can help an indigeneous community share its wisdom about the local environment, by creating a special knowledge object that can endure over time.
Your mission this week: Create a real physical object that encodes a piece of traditional wisdom about the local plants, animals, landforms, water sources, weather, or any other important feature of an indigenous environment.
This physical object will encode the information for people who don't have access to digital media today -- or for future generations who may not be able to access the forms of digital media that we use now. (The same way today most people don't have the tools to access knowledge stored on VHS videotapes or record albums.)
The object should be constructed from durable materials, like wood, metal, stone or plastic, and handheld, so that it might be passed on from one person to another. By making a physical "knowledge object", you're ensuring that a piece of oral wisdom is preserved for future generations.
Whose secret will you
guard?
There are hundreds
of indigenous communities around the world, from the Namaqua in
South Africa and the Nuu-chah-nulth in the Pacific Northwest, to
the Tukano in Colombia and the Puyuma in Taiwan. Each has its own
traditional wisdom to pass on to future generations, or other
cultures.
Where can you search for a
secret?
Here are few ideas... you can also search the Internet for the name
of your community followed by the terms "traditional knowledge",
"environmental knowledge", or "indigenous knowledge."
- Indigenous Portal - For Indigenous Peoples by Indigenous Peoples
- Asia Indigenous Peoples' Pact
- Tebtebba, the Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education
- UNESCO's Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems project
- The AAAS Science and Human Rights Program - Focus on Traditional Environmental Knowledge
- The Indigenous World Report 2009
Your objective:
Choose an indigenous secret and doc**ent it in a real, PHYSICAL OBJECT - made out of durable material like wood, metal, stone or plastic. Upload a photo or video of your object as evidence of your successful mission. In the caption, describe the object -- and explain why you chose this secret to help pass on to other cultures, and to future generations. Why is it an important piece of information? Who do you think would benefit from knowing it, and how?
This objective is worth +50 creativity.
Comment
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Comment by Eric Connor Lieberman on December 14, 2012 at 12:06pm -
I would have a small garden that people have rotated crops on so the don't have to slash and burn.
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Comment by Hal Olson on December 12, 2012 at 2:56pm
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I would have a small sphere, and inside the sphere would be information on how to best use the soil in your area. This would include what to plant, when to plant, and how to keep the precious soil fertile and usable.
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Comment by Mary Crawford Esslinger on December 7, 2012 at 2:41am
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I think that where you live affects everything. If you live somewhere wet, fertile, warm, and sunny, you will probably grow crops or invest in agriculture
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Comment by Olivia Koenig on December 6, 2012 at 2:21am
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Climate controls pretty much everything in an ecosystem. It affects where you live, what job you have, etc.
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Comment by Jacky Martinez on December 1, 2012 at 2:43am
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climate can affect many things. it can affect from where you live, what job you are going to have to, what you are going to eat.
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Comment by Arthur Sigfried Miltner on December 1, 2012 at 12:40am
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I would create a small device consisting of a handle and three disks on the top that can be twisted in certain patterns to unlock a small chamber on the bottom that contains papers holding the secrets of this time. It contains techniques and skills such as "using of the hoodia cactus to stave off hunger"
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Comment by Steven Jackson on November 30, 2012 at 11:18am
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Climate is a gigantic part in life. It controls who lives where and what can be done in an area.
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Comment by Peter Thomas Duncan on November 30, 2012 at 3:24am
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Climates mainly affect the environment around them. It changes the food on how healthy it is and what it will taste like. It also affects how an animal lives.
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Comment by Brian Hill on November 30, 2012 at 2:57am
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The climate affects things such as where people are, causing someone to be in the right place in the right time and vice versa.
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Comment by Sydney Koeneman on November 30, 2012 at 2:36am
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Climate is a huge part of life. It controls what crops can be grown and what jobs are available.
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Comment by Joshua Bennafield on November 30, 2012 at 12:14am
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One indiginous secret is climate change. It controls the amount of food that can be grown, the variety of food,,and also the animals in the environment. In addition, it can change they way people get from place to place and how...
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Comment by Hayley Breeser on November 29, 2012 at 11:50pm -
One indigious secret is climate affects everything In rural areas from what you eat and what you do as a job, to where you live and how you travel!
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Comment by Hayley Breeser on November 29, 2012 at 11:47pm
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Comment by madalyn lieberman on November 29, 2012 at 11:25pm
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Climate can change a big part of life! If it changes it effects the fruits and veggies people eat, resources can be damaged, and sometimes even unemploy someone.
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Comment by Martha Wilber on November 29, 2012 at 11:25pm
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ONe indeginous secret is that climate change can affect how much money you make, where, you live, and the diseases of thtat area
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Comment by Ellie Addington on November 29, 2012 at 10:58pm -
The climate can change everything in an area! Climates change what people eat, the jobs people do and it can even control viruses and diseases that arise in an area.
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Comment by Lauren Keen on November 29, 2012 at 10:25pm
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Climate is a major one because it effects what resources are available: therefore, effecting where people live and what they do for a living.
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Comment by Grant Reeder on November 29, 2012 at 10:11pm -
Climate affects many people in Africa and other continents. Take a look at the Sahara. The Sahara has little to no fertile land and it causes many people to leave while those that stay as nomads could die from heat.
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Comment by Camille Grout on November 29, 2012 at 9:57pm
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Climate can cange where people work live and what they eat or do. climate can change an entire terortoriy if the climate changes
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Comment by Adileni Maldonado on November 29, 2012 at 8:53pm
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Climate can affect many things- people, their way of life, what they eat, and much much more.
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