‘How can experience of local residents be “knowledge”?’ Challenges in interdisciplinary climate change research

2015/04/19 by Emily T Yeh, Emily T. Yeh
Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Sustainability and Climate Change Governance #Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration #Climate Change Communication and Perception

paper · doi:10.1111/area.12189

Abstract

Despite widespread acceptance of the idea of working across disciplines and methods in climate change research, the interpretive social sciences continue to be relatively neglected in interdisciplinary research endeavours. Much greater appreciation across epistemological differences is necessary for inclusive collaborative efforts, which in turn requires explicit discussion of what those differences are. Based on the author's participation in an interdisciplinary research project on climate change in T ibet, this article discusses three conceptual challenges: knowledge, system and ontology.

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