Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate Education
Abstract This project involved a multicultural team collaboratively co‐creating a climate change module by and for Indigenous people. Embracing the framework of cultural humility, we recognized the bidirectional learning inherent in the project and its role in mitigating power dynamics within the te...
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| author | B. Hanson R. McCann D. Smiley S. Hinck A. R. Archie N. Butler |
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| description | Abstract This project involved a multicultural team collaboratively co‐creating a climate change module by and for Indigenous people. Embracing the framework of cultural humility, we recognized the bidirectional learning inherent in the project and its role in mitigating power dynamics within the team. This endeavor underscored the significance of transparency, effective communication, respect, reciprocity, trust building, and sensitivity to cultural contexts. Our findings emphasized the need for locally grounded programs that echo local traditional wisdom. We discovered that fostering an environment conducive to active listening and patience is pivotal in establishing a secure space. Our research affirms the equal validity and importance of both Western and Traditional knowledge (TK) systems. Our findings revealed that using a premade university‐designed climate change curriculum wasn't effective for Indigenous participants in this study. Instead, we co‐created a bottom‐up menu‐style approach that could be tailored to the instructor's preference and program capabilities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-63c4d0f59335465ca8d3f62bdd35f69e2025-08-20T01:49:42ZengWileyCommunity Science2692-94302025-03-0141n/an/a10.1029/2023CSJ000054Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate EducationB. Hanson0R. McCann1D. Smiley2S. Hinck3A. R. Archie4N. Butler5Utah State University Logan UT USAUtah State University Moab UT USAUtah State University Blanding UT USAUtah State University Moab UT USANorthern Arizona University Flagstaff AZ USAUtah State University Blanding UT USAAbstract This project involved a multicultural team collaboratively co‐creating a climate change module by and for Indigenous people. Embracing the framework of cultural humility, we recognized the bidirectional learning inherent in the project and its role in mitigating power dynamics within the team. This endeavor underscored the significance of transparency, effective communication, respect, reciprocity, trust building, and sensitivity to cultural contexts. Our findings emphasized the need for locally grounded programs that echo local traditional wisdom. We discovered that fostering an environment conducive to active listening and patience is pivotal in establishing a secure space. Our research affirms the equal validity and importance of both Western and Traditional knowledge (TK) systems. Our findings revealed that using a premade university‐designed climate change curriculum wasn't effective for Indigenous participants in this study. Instead, we co‐created a bottom‐up menu‐style approach that could be tailored to the instructor's preference and program capabilities.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023CSJ000054Indigenousco‐creationcollaborationWestern scienceclimate change |
| spellingShingle | B. Hanson R. McCann D. Smiley S. Hinck A. R. Archie N. Butler Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate Education Community Science Indigenous co‐creation collaboration Western science climate change |
| title | Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate Education |
| title_full | Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate Education |
| title_fullStr | Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate Education |
| title_short | Building Relationships for Meaningful Co‐Created Indigenous Climate Education |
| title_sort | building relationships for meaningful co created indigenous climate education |
| topic | Indigenous co‐creation collaboration Western science climate change |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2023CSJ000054 |
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