Descrizione del progetto
Creare sinergie di conoscenza nelle università
Le conoscenze indigene sono fondamentali per affrontare le attuali crisi globali, come i cambiamenti climatici, la perdita di diversità bioculturale e l’aumento dei nazionalismi xenofobi. Questo momento storico cruciale richiede un pensiero e un’azione multicentrici, oltre a riunire i vari tipi di competenze indigene e accademiche. Le università hanno un’importanza fondamentale nello sviluppo della conoscenza, dell’istruzione e delle direttive politiche. Con il sostegno del programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto EDGES riunisce ricercatori di 18 università europee e americane. Insieme, promuoveranno con rispetto metodologie innovative e collaborative e nuove strategie per intrecciare le conoscenze indigene nelle università e nelle istituzioni politiche. Attraverso simposi, workshop, mini-corsi, pubblicazioni scientifiche ad accesso libero, raccomandazioni politiche e social media, EDGES mira a rimodellare l’istruzione, le politiche e le pratiche scientifiche.
Obiettivo
Indigenous knowledges are crucial for coping with current global crises, such as climate change, loss of biocultural diversity and rise of xenophobic nationalisms. This pivotal historical moment requires multi-centred thinking and action, bringing together the multiplicity of Indigenous and academic expertise. Universities and academia are critically important in developing knowledge, education, and policy directives. Consequently, EDGES adopts those significant arenas to respectfully advance innovative, collaborative methodologies and new strategies for the entanglement of Indigenous knowledges in research, teaching and policy-making institutions. While there have been efforts to foster dialogue with Indigenous knowledges, these experiences remain elusive, local and not structurally transformative, as the shortcomings of multiculturalism and interculturality have demonstrated. How can we question the existing frameworks and develop new and effective entanglements of knowledges that draw from different epistemologies?
EDGES addresses this question through six different analytical layers with the significant participation of Indigenous academic researchers and the active collaboration of Indigenous intellectuals and experts. To accomplish this endeavour, EDGES creates a future sustainable and disciplinary diverse network of more than 150 researchers from 18 European and American universities, one SME and one NGO. The project contributes to a pluralist and multi-scale approach to knowledge production, research and dissemination through symposiums, workshops, mini-courses, open-access scientific publications, policy recommendations and social media. It will provide critical tools for universities, schools and communities to foster critical dialogue with Indigenous peoples and other cultural minorities by entangling Indigenous knowledges into university curricula and praxis, contributing to the education of future generations, improving policies and science renewal.
Campo scientifico
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-SE - HORIZON TMA MSCA Staff ExchangesCoordinatore
1099 085 Lisboa
Portogallo