Full Description
This book offers a critical exploration into Indigenous knowledge systems, particularly focusing on Indigenous land-based knowledge and practice in reshaping disaster adaptations.
Drawing from Indigenous communities in Bangladesh, this book challenges transformational approaches to disaster resilience by centering on land-based perspectives intrinsic to Indigenous cultures. The book showcases how Indigenous and land-based minority communities in Bangladesh have historically coped with and adapted to environmental challenges. It navigates beyond the Eurocentric paradigm, acknowledging the richness of traditional Indigenous land-based knowledge and practice embedded in the relationship between Indigenous peoples, land-based minority communities, and their natural environments. The book focuses on the interconnectedness of Indigenous land-based knowledge, culture, and sustainable practices, providing a blueprint for rethinking contemporary disaster adaptation strategies. By relearning from Indigenous land-based perspectives, readers gain invaluable insights into holistic, community-based approaches prioritizing harmony with nature over technological fixes. Through Indigenist, decolonial, relational, and feminist theoretical research frameworks, the book advocates for a paradigm shift in disaster management, emphasizing the importance of respecting and integrating Indigenous land-based solutions.
Rethinking and Relearning Disaster Adaptations from and within Indigenous Land-Based Perspectives emerges as a crucial resource for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners seeking to foster resilience through a more inclusive and culturally sensitive lens.
Contents
Chapter One: Reclaiming Indigenous Community-led Disaster Adaption
Chapter Two: The Meanings of Community-led Disaster Adaptation Strategies: A Case
Study with the Munda Indigenous Community in Bangladesh
Chapter Three: Indigenous-Led Climate Change Adaptation from and within the Manipuri
Indigenous Community-Based Perspective
Chapter Four: Flood Disaster Impact and Adaptation: Learning Reflections from Marma
Indigenous Communities, Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh
Chapter Five: Marma Traditional Land-based Practice in Building Community Resilience-
Perspective from Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh
Chapter Six: Climate Change and Women's Perspectives in the Coastal Areas in Bangladesh
Chapter Seven: The Role of Indigenous Laitu Khyeng Youth in Building Community
Resilience-Perspective from CHT Bangladesh
Chapter Eight: Advancing Indigenous Community-led Disaster Adaption
References
Index
