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<strong>Traditional</strong> <strong>Ecological</strong> <strong>Knowledges</strong><br />

• <strong>Knowledges</strong> (a w<strong>or</strong>king definition) – a body of<br />

practices and ideas that are useful and practical<br />

in the context of life-ways. These knowledges<br />

(plural) must be many f<strong>or</strong> they capture the<br />

unique long-standing relationships between<br />

Peoples and Places. These knowledges are the<br />

expression of specific deep spatial “know-how”<br />

regarding the symbiotic interaction between a<br />

People and a Place that constitutes a Way of<br />

Knowing.

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