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Launch of the ISHGR Research and Advocacy Group on Hunter Gatherer Education
July 24, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

We would like to invite interested researchers to join us for a reception to launch the ISHGR’s Research and Advocacy Group on Hunter Gatherer Education.
Details of the launch: A light meal will be served. Speakers will include researchers and activists, both from hunter-gatherer communities, and others committed to these issues.
Problem statement: The extreme marginalization of hunters and gatherers in modern societies is mirrored in their schooling experience: hunter-gatherer children participate in formal education systems at rates far lower than other groups, including other indigenous groups. Simultaneously, their traditional forms of knowledge transmission, though recognized as being highly effective and adaptive, are under threat due to loss of land, climate change, and other factors. Many hunter-gatherer communities want to develop approaches that match their particular cultural needs and economic options. However, due to their small numbers, such groups face severe problems of scale when it comes to accessing resources. An important aim of this research and advocacy group is thus to provide a platform for efforts and arguments that draw on the global significance of hunter and gatherer communities, in order to support local efforts towards educational self-determination.
The Research and Advocacy Group will be established at a workshop to be held on 22 July at the UAB building. It will begin as a forum to discuss and compare various related aspects of education for hunter-gatherer communities. Research and advocacy will connect the concept of “education” with realistic livelihood opportunities, land rights, and environmental issues. It will have as a central focus indigenous knowledge and skills, and their importance for both hunter-gatherer communities themselves and for humanity.
Organisers: Jennifer Hays, Arctic University of Norway – Tromsø; Velina Ninkova, Arctic University of Norway; Edmond Dounias, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development; Sidsel Saugestad, Arctic University of Norway