Navigating the Scepticism in Ethnobiological and Ethnobotanical Insights

Indigenous science and knowledge, and local, place-based knowledge is often considered less scientific and/or of less merit than western/colonial scientific knowledge. While this popular attitude and outlook on what "high-quality" data, information, and knowledge needs to look like has begun to shift and become more inclusive, data and knowledge discrimination still plagues our institutions, communities, and fields of work. This session will explore how to navigate and counter the skepticism that individuals may encounter around Indigenous and local knowledge, as well as share examples of work that resulted in shifting mindsets and expanding knowledge ideologies.