Faces of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
The faces of TEK provide different typologies in how it is utilized and understood. These typologies are good indicators in how TEK is used from different perspectives and how they are interconnected, providing more emphasis on "cooperative management to better identify areas of difference and convergence when attempting to bring two ways of thinking and knowing together."
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—George Orwell (1903–1950)
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—Paula Nelson (b. 1945)
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—Jane Alpert (b. 1947)
“The worst condition of humans is when they lose knowledge and control of themselves.”
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