Indigenous Knowledge

I was both totally confused and very interested in the article on Indigenous Knowledge. I understood enough of it to want to read further, but not enough that I didn't have to do further research on my own. After viewing this site I had a much greater picture of how IK was applied in real situations. I felt like the article was very confusing to me because I had a hard time grasping all of the jargon amidst long complicated sentences.I do think the author had a good point about IK and Western knowledge being closer than declared by neo-indiginistas. I feel like IK should be applied to politics in a much larger way, as suggested in the article. I feel like it can be a powerful tool to create an argument for conservation when it supports the main lifestyles of the people in the community. It seems to me that if the IK style was combined with the use of Western technological knowledge environmental change could be achieved faster and with the support of many local political and social interest groups. It seems like common sense to apply IK to the application of change in any situation. The author also pointed that idea out in his article when establishing the links between both IK and Western knowledge. I would like to explore the practicality of this method more in class.