Indigenous Water Pedagogies: Cultivating Relations through the Reading of Water
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| Title: | Indigenous Water Pedagogies: Cultivating Relations through the Reading of Water |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Forrest Bruce, Megan Bang, Anna Lees, Nikki McDaid, Felicia Peters, Jeanette Bushnell, Bank Street College of Education |
| Source: | Bank Street College of Education. 2023. |
| Availability: | Bank Street College of Education. 610 West 112th Street, New York, NY 10025. Tel: 212-961-3336; Tel: 212-875-4400; e-mail: collegepubs@bankstreet.edu; Web site: http://www.bankstreet.edu |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Institute of Education Sciences (ED) National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings (DRL) |
| Contract Number: | R305B200037 1713368 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Indigenous Knowledge, Water, Ecology, Ethics, Decision Making, STEM Education, Art Education, American Indian Culture, Multiple Literacies |
| Geographic Terms: | Illinois (Chicago), Washington (Seattle) |
| Abstract: | In this paper we put forth a model of Indigenous pedagogies that cultivate more ethical relations and complex thinking about water. The first dimension of Indigenous water pedagogies is relations with water which involves ethical decision-making involving water and other more-than-human beings that are in relation to water. The second dimension is reading water which involves learning to make sense of complex phenomena to build theories and explanations about water is it exists in the environment. Together, these two dimensions support complex thinking and decision-making about water in a way that is guided with reciprocal relations with water. We discuss three examples of Indigenous water pedagogies as they are enacted in the context of an Indigenous STEAM program that spans across two sites and involves interactions with the Chicago River, Puget Sound, and rain. [This paper is part of the "Bank Street Occasional Paper Series" v49 Article 2 2023.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| IES Funded: | Yes |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED671104 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In this paper we put forth a model of Indigenous pedagogies that cultivate more ethical relations and complex thinking about water. The first dimension of Indigenous water pedagogies is relations with water which involves ethical decision-making involving water and other more-than-human beings that are in relation to water. The second dimension is reading water which involves learning to make sense of complex phenomena to build theories and explanations about water is it exists in the environment. Together, these two dimensions support complex thinking and decision-making about water in a way that is guided with reciprocal relations with water. We discuss three examples of Indigenous water pedagogies as they are enacted in the context of an Indigenous STEAM program that spans across two sites and involves interactions with the Chicago River, Puget Sound, and rain. [This paper is part of the "Bank Street Occasional Paper Series" v49 Article 2 2023.] |
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