ELL: Re(2): UNESCO/ICSU and biocultural diversity

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Hello, I'm a bit late in adding to this discussion, but I would also like
to mention the work of the gender advocacy group at the World Conference
on Science in Budapest, which worked hard at and was very successful in
getting references made to women's activities and contributions -
including the value of traditional knowledge.  The groups involved were
UNIFEM, the Once and Future Action Network, the Gender Advisory Board of
the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development and Women in
Global Science and Technology.  The latter group was responsible for the
phrase "...fully recognize the contribution of women as repositories of a
large part of traditional knowledge."  I can say this because we
contributed that line to the UNIFEM/UNESCO contributed document revisions.

For more information on gender activities in S&T and indigenous knowledge,
I invite you to visit our web sites at:

www.wigsat.org/ofan/ofan.html
www.wigsat.org
http://gab.wigsat.org

Sophia Huyer
Executive Director
Women in Global Science and Technology
623 Brimley Road
Grafton, Ontario K0K 2G0
Canada
shuyer at wigsat.org
Tel (905) 349-9962
Fax (905) 349-2066


maffi at nwu.edu writes:
>David, thank you so much for this important piece of news. Brent was my
>own
>doctoral advisor at Berkeley, therefore I do know how much he cares about
>these matters. I didn't know, though, that he participated in the Budapest
>conference. We all definitely owe him a huge debt for having managed
>inclusion of concerns about traditional knowledge and languages in the
>final document. I am taking the liberty of forwarding this correspondence
>to the electronic lists to which I sent my original message. Brent
>deserves
>much broader recognition than just this exchange b/w you and me! Best,
>
>Luisa Maffi
>
>>Ms. Maffi,
>>Thankyou for the updates. Regarding the publication to come out of the
>>meeting in Budapest; I just wanted to point out that Dr. O. Brent Berlin
>>(my doctoral advisor) was instrumental in pushing through the language
>you
>>refer to. I spoke with him the day before he left Chiapas for Budapest,
>>and the day after he returned. He told me that it was his goal in
>>attending the meeting to bring indigenous science to the attention of
>>"mainstream" science (not just anthropology or linguistics, but other
>>disciplines as well), which he evidently achieved. I hasten to point out
>>his contribution because I know that it was difficult for him to attend
>>that meeting, and yet he felt strongly about his goal. Hence, he deserves
>>recognition.
>>Sincerely,
>>David G. Casagrande
>>
>>http://www.arches.uga.edu/~bighouse
>>Univ. of Georgia
>>Dept. of Anthropology
>>Baldwin Hall
>>Athens, GA 30602-1619
>>tel: 706-542-3980
>>fax: 706-542-3998
>
>
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>Studies of the Environment - Dept. of Psychology - 102 Swift Hall -
>2029 Sheridan Road - Evanston, IL 60208-2710 - USA
>Phone: +1.847.4676513 - Fax: +1.847.4917859 - Email: maffi at nwu.edu
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