If you teach introductory undergraduate geoscience modules and want to integrate #indigenous knowledges, here are some Eos articles that are short, written in plain English, with case studies, that introduce some important anti-colonial concepts- Good for first year level: 🧵🧪⚒️#AcademicSky - ThreadSky

drnatashadowey.bsky.social • 560 days ago

If you teach introductory undergraduate geoscience modules and want to integrate #indigenous knowledges, here are some Eos articles that are short, written in plain English, with case studies, that introduce some important anti-colonial concepts- Good for first year level:

🧵🧪⚒️#AcademicSky

Reposted from Dr Natasha Dowey

Looking through old tweets- I'm aiming to gradually repost any awesome links and resources I have found useful in the past here onto Bluesky, so that you lovely Bluesky science/Geoscience folks can enjoy them! 🧪⚒️

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physgal.bsky.social•559 days ago

#ITeachPhysics

planetaryartist.com•556 days ago

Thank you for this thread. I’m not a teacher, just a geology-degree-holding artist, but I appreciate the opportunity to educate myself on what I need to unlearn and reframe. 💜💎

drnatashadowey.bsky.social•560 days ago

I use this in intro lectures. It provides a brief overview of colonial roots of geology & their impacts with a US case study, points to non-western geological knowledges, & explains why decol is important🧪⚒️
https://eos.org/science-updates/recognizing-geologys-colonial-history-for-better-policy-today

drnatashadowey.bsky.social•560 days ago

We link to this one in the Geomorphology section of our course: it gives a case study of the importance of Maori knowledge in understanding geomorphological change 🧪⚒️ https://eos.org/features/the-rivers-lizard-tail-braiding-indigenous-knowledges-with-geomorphology

drnatashadowey.bsky.social•560 days ago

We link to this one in the coastal processes/management section of our course, as an example of how indigenous knowledge is vital in environmental management 🧪⚒️ https://eos.org/opinions/understanding-our-environment-requires-an-indigenous-worldview

drnatashadowey.bsky.social•560 days ago

We use this one in sessions on future change/climate crisis, as an example of why its important to recognise and use indigenous knowledge in mitigating and adapting for the climate crisis 🧪⚒️ https://eos.org/articles/keeping-indigenous-science-knowledge-out-of-a-colonial-mold

drnatashadowey.bsky.social•560 days ago

I also use anti-colonial articles and resources from the fantastic https://geo-context.github.io/ in my teaching, these have engaged students in some really great discussions 🧪⚒️

drnatashadowey.bsky.social•560 days ago

A thread collecting indigenous and anti-colonial resources for Geoscience would not be complete without the fantastic Bryn Mawr reading list https://mineralogy.digital.brynmawr.edu/blog/geology-colonialism-reading-list/#earth-sciences-col I met their inspiring team at EGU this year, such a fan 🧪⚒️❤️

julietalbot.bsky.social•559 days ago

Thanks - this is really useful!

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