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ABOUT

About Ekologos Wiki

A curated platform for documenting and sharing ecological knowledge across communities, cultures and landscapes.

Ekologos Wiki

Ekologos Wiki is a curated platform for documenting and sharing ecological knowledge across different communities, cultures and landscapes. It brings together research and field documentation, local and Indigenous ecological knowledge, project records, films and other media, publications, and teaching materials.

The Wiki is part of the wider Ekologos project, but it is not the same as the project itself. Ekologos began in 2022 through the Norwegian UTFORSK programme and is coordinated by UiT The Arctic University of Norway. It works through collaborations with institutions in Norway, India and Brazil. The wider project brings ecological sciences into dialogue with the humanities and with Indigenous and local knowledge, with activities spanning research, education, exchanges and public engagement.

The Ekologos Wiki is one of the project's platforms for sharing knowledge. UiT describes it as a digital archive concerned with the ethical preservation and sharing of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, including Indigenous, local and traditional knowledge. Contributions are connected to regions including the Norwegian Arctic, the Brazilian Amazon and Gran Chaco, Southern India and the Eastern Himalayas.

A Living Atlas of Ecological Knowledge

The Wiki is being developed as a Living Atlas of Ecological Knowledge. This means that knowledge is presented in relation to the people, places, practices and projects through which it is produced, rather than as isolated information.

Visitors can explore connections between places, themes, projects and knowledge records. In this way, the Wiki can bring together different kinds of material while showing how knowledge is connected to particular environments, communities and research activities.

What the Wiki Contains

The Wiki is intended to include materials such as:

research and field documentation;
local and Indigenous ecological knowledge;
project records and knowledge records;
films and other media;
publications and research outputs;
teaching and learning materials;
records of workshops, schools, lectures and related activities.

A Curated Wiki

Ekologos Wiki is curated rather than openly editable by anyone. This is important because not all knowledge is necessarily intended for unrestricted public access.

The UiT description emphasizes community-led curation and decision-making and states that contributing communities should retain control over how their knowledge is shared. The Wiki therefore needs to pay attention to attribution, sources, permissions, cultural protocols and appropriate levels of access.

Its purpose is not simply to collect information, but to provide an organised space where ecological knowledge, research and related materials can be connected and shared with appropriate care.

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+A curated platform for documenting and sharing ecological knowledge across communities, cultures and landscapes.
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+<strong>Ekologos Wiki is a curated platform for documenting and sharing ecological knowledge across different communities, cultures and landscapes.</strong> It brings together research and field documentation, local and Indigenous ecological knowledge, project records, films and other media, publications, and teaching materials.
+</div>
+<div style="font-size:1rem; line-height:1.8; margin-bottom:18px;">
+The Wiki is part of the wider <strong>Ekologos project</strong>, but it is not the same as the project itself. Ekologos began in 2022 through the Norwegian UTFORSK programme and is coordinated by UiT The Arctic University of Norway. It works through collaborations with institutions in Norway, India and Brazil. The wider project brings ecological sciences into dialogue with the humanities and with Indigenous and local knowledge, with activities spanning research, education, exchanges and public engagement.
+</div>
+<div style="font-size:1rem; line-height:1.8;">
+The Ekologos Wiki is one of the project's platforms for sharing knowledge. UiT describes it as a digital archive concerned with the ethical preservation and sharing of Traditional Ecological Knowledge, including Indigenous, local and traditional knowledge. Contributions are connected to regions including the Norwegian Arctic, the Brazilian Amazon and Gran Chaco, Southern India and the Eastern Himalayas.
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+LIVING ATLAS
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+A Living Atlas of Ecological Knowledge
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+<div style="font-size:1rem; line-height:1.8; margin-bottom:18px;">
+The Wiki is being developed as a <strong>Living Atlas of Ecological Knowledge</strong>. This means that knowledge is presented in relation to the people, places, practices and projects through which it is produced, rather than as isolated information.
+</div>
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-<strong>Ekologos Wiki is a curated knowledge platform for sharing ecological knowledge across cultures, communities and landscapes.</strong> It brings together research, field documentation, local and Indigenous ecological knowledge, films, publications, teaching materials and records from projects connected with Ekologos.
+Visitors can explore connections between <strong>places, themes, projects and knowledge records</strong>. In this way, the Wiki can bring together different kinds of material while showing how knowledge is connected to particular environments, communities and research activities.
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+WHAT THE WIKI CONTAINS
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-The Wider Ekologos Project
+What the Wiki Contains
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+The Wiki is intended to include materials such as:
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+<li>research and field documentation;</li>
+<li>local and Indigenous ecological knowledge;</li>
+<li>project records and knowledge records;</li>
+<li>films and other media;</li>
+<li>publications and research outputs;</li>
+<li>teaching and learning materials;</li>
+<li>records of workshops, schools, lectures and related activities.</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
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+CURATED WIKI
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+A Curated Wiki
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-The Wiki is part of the wider <strong>Ekologos project</strong>, but the two are not the same. Ekologos is an international collaboration concerned with environmental change, ecological knowledge, education and dialogue across different regions and knowledge traditions. The project brings ecological sciences into conversation with the humanities and with knowledge grounded in Indigenous and local communities.
+Ekologos Wiki is <strong>curated rather than openly editable by anyone</strong>. This is important because not all knowledge is necessarily intended for unrestricted public access.
+</div>
+<div style="font-size:1rem; line-height:1.8; margin-bottom:18px;">
+The UiT description emphasizes <strong>community-led curation and decision-making</strong> and states that contributing communities should retain control over how their knowledge is shared. The Wiki therefore needs to pay attention to attribution, sources, permissions, cultural protocols and appropriate levels of access.
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-The <strong>Ekologos Wiki</strong> is one of the project's knowledge-sharing platforms. The wider Ekologos initiative also includes research and teaching collaborations, student and faculty exchanges, summer and winter schools, publications and other forms of public engagement. The UiT project describes the Wiki as one of its open and inclusive platforms for sharing knowledge.
+Its purpose is not simply to collect information, but to provide an organised space where ecological knowledge, research and related materials can be connected and shared with appropriate care.
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