[Sci-tech-public] Program in Media Arts & Sciences, MIT Media Lab: Weaving Indigenous Knowledge and Science in Environmental Decision Making

[Gus Zahariadis]

Join the Program in Media Arts & Sciences at the MIT Media Lab on Wednesday, October 16, at 11am in the 3rd floor atrium of MIT building E14 for a talk with Doug Jones, General Manager Māori at the New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority.

By identifying shared values and concerns using language that avoids forcing people to choose sides, Doug is working to bridge cultural and philosophical divides over certainty, reductionism, genome engineering, and humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

Weaving indigenous knowledge and science in environmental decision making<https://www.media.mit.edu/events/weaving-indigenous-knowledge-and-science-in-environmental-decision-making/>

Doug Jones in conversation with Kevin Esvelt

The New Zealand Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has committed to a mātauranga (Māori indigenous knowledge) work programme that focuses on ways of weaving mātauranga into its decision-making processes. The aspiration is to weave an understanding of mātauranga into the daily work of the EPA, and to build on Māori partnerships to better protect the environment. The EPA has engaged proactively with Ngā Kaihautū Tikanga Taiao - its statutory Māori advisory committee, Te Herenga - the Māori national network centered in the regions, and Ngā Parirau o te Mātauranga - a group of elders who are treated as trusted advisors. One of the most critical strands of the mātauranga programme is creating an understandable framework for use by decision-makers, to examine the veracity of mātauranga when presented as evidence for environmental consent applications.

Kevin M. Esvelt, Ph.D.
Leader, Sculpting Evolution Group
Assistant Professor, MIT Media Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lab: E18-605
Office: E15-354
esvelt at mit.edu<mailto:esvelt at mit.edu>
office: 617-715-2615
www.sculptingevolution.org<http://www.sculptingevolution.org/>
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