Ted Jojola: Stewardship and the Commons: An Indigenous Perspective
IDEAS MATTER lectures: Who Owns the Sky? ~ The Tragedy or Triumph of the Commons
Thursday, February 7, 2008 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
This talk will examine and discuss the role that indigenous peoples have played as stewards of their lands. It will explore the concept of worldview as a sustaining philosophy for community and
holistic principles and practices used to center the collective in time and place. It will contrast Euro-Western notions of the commons and present conflicts and challenges facing contemporary Native
American in the face of Westernization. --------Ted Jojola is a professor in the School of Planning & Architecture, University of New Mexico. He is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Isleta
where he was raised and where he resides most of the year. For the complete schedule for Who Owns the Sky? The Tragedy or Triumph of the Commons: http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu/
