This essay is a qualitative interview study with Sami craftspeople. The purpose of the study is to outline and analyse how my informants, being active Sami crafts people, relate to tradition, and tradition in a contemporary society. The analysis is carried out by examining the empirical material against the theoretical concept tradition, constructed by Michael L. Satlow. The methodological understanding of the material builds on discourse analysis; therefore, the analysed material is subsequently interpreted using the theoretical term articulation or articulative practices following discourse analysis by Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau. The analysis concludes that Sami craft making is a religious tradition, and further shows that certain traditional narratives are articulated in order to assert the stability of the tradition, in a contemporary and digital society.

Background: Water quality in on-reserve Indigenous communities in Ontario is concerning, with issues ranging from deteriorating water quality to issues with regulation and support. As a result, many communities are placed under a Drinking Water Advisory (DWA), which, at its most severe, indicates water is not safe for use or consumption. Between 2004 and 2013, approximately 70% of all on-reserve communities in Ontario were under at least one DWA. While designed to protect physical health, DWAs have widespread impacts on health and wellbeing. However, little is known about First Nation individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and experiences living under a DWA. Purpose: To unpack and explore the broad impacts of a Boil Water Advisory (BWA) from the perspective of community members on a reserve in Northern Ontario and provide considerations for current and future BWA management. Methods: Methodological choices were driven by the principles of community-based participatory research. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data. Two hundred and twenty-six questionnaires were distributed. Fifteen Elders and 22 key informants (KIs) were contacted for an interview. Results: Forty-four (19.5%) individuals completed a questionnaire. Eight Elders and 16 KIs participated in 20 interviews. Questionnaire sections were used to frame the data analysis, which fell under five major themes: 1) Community Context; 2) Knowledge of BWAs; 3) Living Under a BWA; 4) Water and Health; and, 5) Pathways Forward. Conclusions: Responses illuminated gaps where education surrounding best practices for protecting health would be crucial moving forward. They also highlighted that women are an important target audience for education. Points also emerged where communication with community members and stakeholders would be key to understanding the impacts and outcomes of DWAs. Additionally, this community, and others experiencing a DWA, should consider greater involvement in water management by younger individuals, to ensure that all perspectives are adequately represented. / Thesis / Master of Public Health (MPH) / When water is known, or suspected, to be unsafe for human consumption, communities are placed under a Drinking Water Advisory (DWA). Indigenous communities have some of the worst water quality in Canada and many are subsequently under DWAs. Despite the widespread impact of DWAs on health and wellbeing, little is known about First Nation individuals’ thoughts, feelings, and experiences living under one. The goal of this thesis was to unpack and explore the broad health, social, cultural, and economic impacts of a Boil Water Advisory (BWA) from the perspective of community members on a reserve in Northern Ontario and provide considerations for BWA management. Responses pointed to gaps where education surrounding how to best protect health would be crucial, especially for women who were highlighted as an important target audience. Points also emerged where communication would be key to understanding the impacts and outcomes of DWAs moving forward.

have altered the context and practices of the First Nations culture and by so doing, compromised their will and capacity to implement traditional education policies, a situation that must be linked to realization of the Education Action Plan’s goals. The goal of the study was to assist policy makers, community leaders, and educators in recognizing the attitudes, social norms, and practices that are interwoven with post-colonial trust issues at the community level and to focus on the viability of preservation of First Nations heritage and culture. The inquiry documented and analyzed, in a case study approach, the dynamics of colonialism on two First Nations communities. Interviews and questionnaires, utilized in communities, were based on a matrix that directed comments to areas associated with traditional knowledge, remnants of colonialism and areas of will and capacity. The focus of the inquires referred to curriculum content, funding, school and community structure, as well as traditional knowledge, communication, participation, and the role of members in shaping the community values and school curricula. In all, 32 people were formally interviewed including teachers, Elders, education council members, principals, and community leaders. The study comprised 14 interviews and 17 questionnaires in Two Rivers, and 18 interviews and 8 questionnaires in Round Rock. The study intended to establish whether colonialism would play out in the implementation of the traditional knowledge aspect of the Education Action Plan and if so, in what areas and in what manner. Through research, it was

have altered the context and practices of the First Nations culture and by so doing, compromised their will and capacity to implement traditional education policies, a situation that must be linked to realization of the Education Action Plan’s goals. The goal of the study was to assist policy makers, community leaders, and educators in recognizing the attitudes, social norms, and practices that are interwoven with post-colonial trust issues at the community level and to focus on the viability of preservation of First Nations heritage and culture. The inquiry documented and analyzed, in a case study approach, the dynamics of colonialism on two First Nations communities. Interviews and questionnaires, utilized in communities, were based on a matrix that directed comments to areas associated with traditional knowledge, remnants of colonialism and areas of will and capacity. The focus of the inquires referred to curriculum content, funding, school and community structure, as well as traditional knowledge, communication, participation, and the role of members in shaping the community values and school curricula. In all, 32 people were formally interviewed including teachers, Elders, education council members, principals, and community leaders. The study comprised 14 interviews and 17 questionnaires in Two Rivers, and 18 interviews and 8 questionnaires in Round Rock. The study intended to establish whether colonialism would play out in the implementation of the traditional knowledge aspect of the Education Action Plan and if so, in what areas and in what manner. Through research, it was

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Fundamentado na inter-relação dos sistemas naturais, sociais e culturais, esse estudo procurou compreender como se organiza a pesca da manjuba (Anchoviella lepidentostole) em Iguape/ SP, as dinâmicas de apropriação dos espaços produtivos e os conhecimentos envolvidos na prática dessa atividade. Do mesmo modo, objetivou compreender quais os fundamentos que viabilizam o uso compartilhado dos recursos pesqueiros. A partir dessas concepções foram descritas as lógicas comunitárias que permeiam as formas de acesso e exercem a manutenção e a gestão desses espaços.Os contornos do trabalho foram delimitados pelos conhecimentos tradicionais dos pescadores, que, fomentaram, juntamente com as inclinações teóricas utilizadas, o diálogo com o conhecimento cientifico. Buscou-se, dessa forma, valorizar a articulação dos saberes, a interação entre Sociedade e Natureza a fim de colaborar com as discussões contemporâneas sobre o manejo dos recursos naturais. / Based on the ecological, social and cultural interaction, this work has searched for the understanding of Manjuba fishing organization (Anchoviella lepidentostole) in the city of Iguape, (São Paulo Brazil), the dynamic of productive marine space appropriation and the knowledge involved in this practice. At the same time, looked for a comprehension of the fishing resource sharing fundamentals. These concepts were the foundation to the description of the local rules for management that are used by artisanal fishers, and for aspects of territoriality. This work borders were limited by the traditional fishers knowledge, that, together with the theory inclinations foment the scientific knowledge dialog. The final objective was demonstrating the interaction value of the human and nature, include the importance in using local rules for natural fishing resources management.

Esta dissertação tem por escopo estudar a interface do Acordo TRIPS com o a Convenção sobre Diversidade Biológica, sob a perspectiva dos países em desenvolvimento. Para tanto, resgata a construção epistemológica Ocidental do conhecimento, direito, propriedade intelectual e desenvolvimento. Esta base teórica constituída é questionada pela CDB, que apresenta direitos relativos ao acesso de recursos genéticos e / ou conhecimento tradicional que subvertem a ordem estabelecida de geração do conhecimento e acumulação econômica. Tal subversão é parte integrante de movimento maior que questiona o próprio modelo de desenvolvimento e a relação Norte e Sul. Esta pesquisa contextualiza a estruturação legal e organizacional do tema e revisa as contribuições de autores que estudam este, sistematizando-as. Com este arcabouço, ela levanta hipóteses e reflete sobre as respostas destas, identificando paradoxos, compatibilidades e desafios. Apresenta (ndo) se, por fim, uma análise da governança institucional deste tema, através de uma nova configuração cognitiva e legal do mesmo. / This MA dissertation aims at studying the interface of the \'TRIPS Agreement\' with the \'Convention on the Biological Diversity\', under the view of the developing countries. As such, it ransoms the epistemologic building of the Ocidental knowledge, as well as the rights, intelectual property and development. This theoretical basis is questioned by \'CDB\', which presents rights related to the access of genetic resourses/ and the traditional knwledge, which subvert the established order of knowledge generation and economic accumulation. Such subvertion is part of a larger movement that questions its own development model and the North/ South relation. This research contextualizes the legal orgazing structuralization of the theme and revises the contributions of authors that study it, systematizing them. With this backbone, it rises hypotheses and thinks of these hypotheses, identifying paradoxes, compatibilities and challenges. It finally presents an analysis of the institutional governing of this theme, via a new cognitive and legal configuration of the same.

Esta pesquisa foi realizada na Praia do Forte, localizada no Município de Mata de São João-BA, onde está instalada uma das três primeiras bases de pesquisa do Projeto Tamar, desde o final do ano de 1982, (FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ-TAMAR, 2000), época em que o local era uma modesta vila de pescadores, que tinham o hábito da caça, pesca e consumo da tartaruga marinha e seus ovos. O Projeto Tamar é um projeto conservacionista brasileiro que atua na busca pela preservação das espécies de tartarugas marinhas ameaças de extinção. A motivação do desenvolvimento desta pesquisa foi a constatação de que, antes do Projeto Tamar, os conhecimentos sobre as tartarugas marinhas, especialmente no Brasil, eram propriedade dos pescadores, e foram esses que orientaram o grupo do Tamar sobre o comportamento desses animais in loco. Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar se a Comunidade de Pescadores da Praia do Forte-BA contribuiu, através da transmissão do seu conhecimento tradicional, para as ações de conservação do Projeto Tamar com as tartarugas marinhas. A metodologia utilizada foi de natureza qualitativa, o método da História Oral, através de entrevistas semiestruturadas aplicadas com os pescadores mais antigos da Praia do Forte e com representantes do Projeto Tamar. Como resultado desta pesquisa podemos afirmar que o conhecimento tradicional dos pescadores da Praia do Forte, contribuíram para as de conservação do Projeto Tamar, especialmente em relação ao modo de reprodução, épocas de desova e hábitos dessas espécies no litoral Brasileiro, até então desconhecidas pelos técnicos do projeto / This research was conducted in Praia do Forte, located in City of Mata de São João, Bahia State, where it operates one of the three research bases of the Tamar Project, since the end of 1982, (FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ-TAMAR, 2000), the time when the place was a modest fishing village, who had the habit of hunting, fishing and consuming sea turtles and their eggs.Tamar Project is a Brazilian conservation project dedicated in preserving sea turtle species extinction threats. The motivation of development this research was the realization that before the Tamar Project, knowledge about sea turtles, especially in Brazil, were the property of the fishermen, and that they were the ones who guided the Tamar group on the behavior of these animals on the spot.This research aims to identify how the Community of Fishermen of Praia do Forte contributed, through the transmission of their traditional knowledge, for the Tamar Project conservation actions with the turtles.The methodology was qualitative, the method of oral history, through semi-structured interviews applied to the older fishermen from Praia do Forte and representatives of the Tamar Project. As a result of this research we can say that the traditional knowledge of Praia do Forte fishermen contributed to the conservation of the Tamar Project, especially in relation to the reproduction mode, spawning seasons and habits of these species on the Brazilian coast, until then unknown by project technicians

O presente estudo analisa os saberes e técnicas patrimoniais utilizadas pela população dos pescadores caiçaras que atuam na região da Ilha Anchieta e Enseada do Flamengo, em Ubatuba, litoral norte do Estado de São Paulo. Este corpo cumulativo de habilidades especiais, transmitidas oralmente, compõe o conhecimento tradicional pesqueiro local, patrimônio imaterial sobre o qual fundamentam sua reprodução sociocultural e o manejo de seus pesqueiros2 tradicionais. Abordamos através de pesquisa qualitativa não dirigida, as relações entre a apropriação social do ambiente marinho e os conflitos decorrentes do embate entre essa noção ancestral de propriedade por parte dos pescadores artesanais locais frente às questões legais do gerenciamento territorial desses pesqueiros pelos órgãos oficiais, utilizando uma abordagem etnográfica em nosso trabalho de campo, seguindo preceitos etnocientíficos, aspectos da etno-oceanografia e da socioantropologia marítima. Hoje, a disputa pelo domínio sobre esses recursos pesqueiros comuns (seja por órgãos governamentais conservacionistas ou de fomento à pesca, seja pela pressão política da pesca capitalista de escala industrial e da pesca esportiva amadora) cria frágeis mecanismos de regulação do acesso a esses pesqueiros tradicionais e aos recursos que neles ocorrem, quase sempre excluindo o pequeno pescador artesanal do processo de tomada de decisão e governança. Concluímos que esta regulação pesqueira, federal ou estadual, feita de cima para baixo ignorando deliberadamente as peculiaridades locais e os processos e mecanismos pelos quais os pescadores estabelecem, mantêm e defendem o usufruto ou a posse de espaços marítimos, confirma a hipótese de que este sistemático des-respeito atropela as regras tradicionais baseadas no direito consuetudinário e põe em risco a característica fundamental que rege e sustenta todo o universo sociocultural e simbólico dessas populações tradicionais locais: a sua liberdade e autonomia, ou seja, a capacidade de governarem a si próprios. / The present study aims to investigate the traditional knowledge and the patrimonial techniques used by the caiçaras fishermen population at the Anchieta Island and Flamengos Bay areas, at Ubatuba city, north shore of São Paulo state. This cumulative body of skills, orally transmitted, compound the traditional fishermen knowledge, an immaterial patrimony in which they underlay local sociocultural reproduction and customary management of the traditional pesqueiros3 (fishing grounds). We investigate through qualitative research the relationships between sea tenure, customary laws, social appropriation of the marine environment and the many conflicts that arise from the clash between this ancient local fisherfolk notion of ownership and the legal matters of territorial management of these pesqueiros by official agencies, using an ethnographic approach in our fieldwork, following ethnocientific precepts and also aspects of ethno-oceanography and maritime socio-anthropology. Today, the struggle for dominance over these common fishery resources (either by fomenting fishing or conservationists government agencies, either by capitalist industrial scale politics and amateur sport fishing lobbying), creates weak regulatory mechanisms for these fishing grounds and the resources from within, often excluding small fishermen from the decision-making process and governance. We conclude, confirming our hypothesis, that this federal or state fishing policies made top-down deliberately ignoring the local peculiarities and the processes and mechanisms by which groups establish, maintain and defend usufruct or possession of maritime spaces, run over and endangers the key feature that rules and sustains, by customary laws, all socio-cultural and symbolic universe of these traditional fisherfolk populations: their freedom and autonomy, the natural aptitude to govern themselves.

A exploração desenfreada de recursos genéticos e o embate entre o meio ambiente e as demandas da sociedade tecnológica, geram tendências alarmantes. Uma delas diz respeito à perda da diversidade biológica e de comunidades locais e dos seus conheciemntos tradicionais. A Convenção sobre Biodiversidade (CB), parte da Ordem Ambiental Internacional declara o direito soberano dos países sobre sua biodiversidade. Ela também é o principal instrumento internacional a reconhecer a importância e a necessidade de proteção aos conheciemntos e práticas tradicionais associados aos recursos genéticos. Seu alcance vai além da conservação e utilização sustentável da biodiversidade, abrangendo o acesso aos recursos genéticos e a repartição justa e eqüitativa dos benefícios originários do seu uso. Neste debate insere-se a Bolívia, detentora de uma importante fonte de patrimônio genético do planeta. O país alia à diversidade biológica uma grande diversidade étnica e cultural baseada principalmente na variedade de recursos genéticos ofertados pela natureza, que possibilitam a sobrevivência das comunidades locais em seus vários ecosssistemas. Assim, nosso principal objetivo no trabalho será a análise da incorporação dos princípios da Convenção sobre Biodiversidade na legislação da Bolívia e das suas repercussões nas comunidades locais do país. Para tanto, analisamos a Ordem Ambiental Internacional, a CB e a regulação dos conhecimentos tradicionais produzidos pelas comunidades locais da Bolívia. Os direitos das comunidades locais e a gestão dos recursos genéticos do país também serão contemplados à luz das normativas regionais e nacionais relacionadas à proteção e distribuição de benefícios às referidas comunidades. Pudemos constatar que na Bolívia a questão da biodiversidade vem sendo incorporada à legislação nacional e às políticas públicas, sendo que o principal desafio a ser enfrentado pelo país é a implementação de uma normativa que contemple os interesses dos diversos setores e comunidades do país, extremamente heterogêneo. Este trabalho busca colaborar para a interpretação da Ordem Ambiental Internacional. Desta forma, espera-se contribuir para o desenvolvimento do conhecimento geográfico no que se refere às implicaçãos locais dos tratados globais. / The free exploration of natural resources and the fight between the environment and technological society cause worries. One of these worries is the loss of biological diversity, local communities and traditional knowledge. The Biodiversity Convention, part of International Environmental Order,declares the sovereign Right of the contries about biodiversity. It is the main knowledge and traditional practices linked to genetic resources. Its comprehension goes beyond the conservation and the biodiversity sustainable appliance, which permits the access to genetic resources and to fair sharing of the benefits through its usage. In this debate, Bolivia can be inserted which owns an important source of the planet genetical patrimony. The contry adds to biological diversity a big ethnic and cultural biodiversity based on the variety of genetic resources from nature, which offers the survival of local communities and their ecosystems. Our main objective is to make an analysis of the incorporation of the principles of the Convention about Biodiversity in the Bolivia legislation and its effects in the contry local communities. For this reason, we analyzed the International Environmental Order, the Biodiversity Convention and the traditional knowledge regulation produced by the local communities from Bolivia. The Rights from the local communities and the conduct of the contry genetic resources can be seen through regional and national rules related to protection and distribuition of the benefits to the same communities. We could check that Bolivia biodiversity and the traditional knowledge can be incorporated to national legislation and to public politics. The great challenge to be faced through Bolivia is the implementation of rules that shows the interests of differents sections from a country extremely heterogeneous. This work intends to collaborate to the interpretation of Intenational Environmental Order. This way it is espected to contribute to the development of the geographical knowledge and its implications to global treaties.