When Fire Speaks: Traditional Ecological Practices in Action
Submitter: Eric Benson
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Title
When Fire Speaks: Traditional Ecological Practices in Action
Issue Date
2024-03-04
Keyword(s)
Traditional Ecological Practices
Ecology
Podcast
Indigenous Scholarship
Abstract
How do we learn from the land and its lineage?
In this special bridge episode, Dr. Melinda Adams—Indigenous scholar, ecologist, and cultural fire practitioner—explores how place-specific, Indigenous-led practices are the key to stewarding and restoring our shared lands. Dismantling the rhetoric of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Adams teaches a more actionable approach to controlled burning—Humble Fire—that reframes fire as a “more-than-human relative,” from which we must actively listen and learn. This “storytelling on the land” calls us to defer to Indigenous ways of being in our interventions and return to the land, assessing how our ancestors respond and applying what we learn to ensure our collective future.
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