Proposals are now being accepted for the 2019 M.G. Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards, with a maximum amount of $1,500 awarded per project. The submissions deadline for proposals is Feb. 23, and the application plus requirements and additional details are online.
Megan McDonie, 2017 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Award recipient, will present a talk titled “En las faldas del volcán: Contested Territories Surrounding the Popocatepetl Volcano 1590-1617” at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, and on MediaSite.
A lecture by Kyle Whyte on the importance and opportunities for land-grant universities to collaborate with indigenous peoples and indigenous knowledge systems will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 6, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library on Penn State’s University Park campus.
The evolution of a novel co-management system for two species in the Galapagos could become an example of sustainability for the archipelago, and possibly the world. Anthropologist Bill Durham will present his lecture “The Galapagos Challenge: Stewardship in an Evolving Socio-ecological System,” at 4 p.m. on Feb. 10 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, on Penn State’s University Park campus.
The Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK) and the Penn State University Libraries’ latest volume of its peer-reviewed, open access journal, IK: Other Ways of Knowing, examines current issues facing indigenous persons and peoples.
Graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit research proposals on topics related to indigenous knowledge for the 2016 Indigenous Knowledge Research Awards.
The University Libraries will hold a seminar on Sept. 17 focusing on an innovative South African program where school students grow their own vegetables.
Doctoral student presents her research on how rural China has changed following the growth of tourism in the region over the past 15 years. Lan Xue, doctoral student in the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, will present “Tourism development and changing identity in rural China,” at 10 a.m. April 23, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library on the University Park campus of Penn State. This indigenous knowledge seminar is free and open to the public and can be viewed online.
Pasang Yangjee Sherpa will present “What do Sherpas Think About Climate Change on Mount Everest?” at noon Wednesday, Jan. 28, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
Schreyer Honors College senior Kira Hydock will present “Analysis of Traditional and Modern Approaches to Goat Production and Management in Rwanda” on Dec. 3, from noon to 1 p.m., Foster Auditorium, first floor, Paterno Library.
Arthur Goldschmidt, professor emeritus of Middle East history at Penn State, will present “Indigenous Knowledge: The Nile and the Egyptians” at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. The seminar is free and open to the public and also can be viewed online.
State students. “Engaging with Ojibwe Communities in Northern Minnesota,” will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 29, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
“Using Indigenous Knowledge-Based Narratives to Facilitate Ukrainian Immigrants’ Adaptation to Life in the United States” will be presented by Svitlana Iarmolenko at noon March 26 in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. This is the latest seminar in a series on indigenous knowledge that examines ways of knowing passed down orally from generation to generation.
An Indigenous Geography Workshop, led by Douglas Herman will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library.
Ten women scientists from five African countries will share their perspectives on indigenous knowledge at a presentation on April 24, in the University Libraries. "Bringing indigenous knowledge of the people of rural Africa into the academy: a presentation" will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library.
