TEK email discussion

The TEK email discussion was an informal email-based discussion on issues surrounding traditional ecoclogical knowledge. Scholars and practitioners were asked to respond to students' questions and comment on pertinent issues. Participants received discussion questions on approximately a weekly basis. Posted below are the questions with their corresponding responses. Within each discussion (TEK Translation, TEK and Western Science, etc.) responses are listed in the order received.

List of Participants

Email Discussion Topics

• TEK Translations
• History of the Term TEK
• Surge of Interest in TEK
• TEK and Western Science
• The Larger Context in which TEK Exists
• TEK and Resource Management
• TEK and the Global Market Economy
• TEK and Intellectual Property Rights
• TEK and Interdisciplinary Research
• TEK - part of a universal science?