BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:28be960a71b7323e02b0862fa050cf9d DTSTAMP:20260914T080831Z SUMMARY:Disputation in Sustainability Science: Carlos Alberto Hernández-V élez DESCRIPTION:Contact: torsten.krause@lucsus.lu.se\n\nExternal discussant&nbs p\;Victoria Reyes-García\, ICREA Research Professor at the Institut de Ci ència i Tecnologia Ambientals\, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA- UAB)\, Spain.AbstractIndigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) is increasingly recognised for its importance in environmental governance. However\, despi te this recognition\, most research on tropical forest fauna lacks the inc lusion of Indigenous epistemologies. \;My thesis addresses what I refe r to as the Inclusion-Participation-Dialogue-Coproduction Gap through four years of Participatory Action Research (PAR) with two Indigenous communit ies in the Colombian Amazon: Tipisca and Ceima Cachivera. \;Guided by transformative science\, decolonial theory\, and the Multi-Evidence Base A pproach\, I draw on 42 community workshops to study the role of Traditiona l Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in wildlife management\, its current state\, and its potential to contribute to sustainability transformations. Further more\, I investigate how PAR can weave TEK and non-Indigenous knowledges f or decolonial forest fauna management. \;My thesis consists of four ar ticles and a synthesis chapter\, using the Exchanging Research Seats (ERS) methodology\, which integrates Indigenous protocols such as ceremonies an d territorial walks. \;My findings show that forest fauna within Indig enous Knowledge Systems is understood relationally\, embedded in cosmology \, ceremony\, and governance\, and functions as a sophisticated management system grounded in principles of shamanic knowledge. Moreover\, the Excha nging Research Seats methodology redistributed epistemic authority and ena bled Indigenous researchers to present TEK to regional authorities\, there by strengthening Indigenous self-determination and intercultural networks.  \;My work offers empirical data on Amazonian TEK\, a conceptual frami ng of ILK and the ERS methodology as a decolonial practice. Thus\, I demon strate that biocultural resilience depends on positioning Indigenous knowl edge as a guiding force rather than merely data\, thereby urging sustainab ility practitioners to become knowledge weavers. \;\n\nMore informatio n about the event: https://www.lucsus.lu.se/calendar/disputation-sustainab ility-science-carlos-alberto-hernandez-velez DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20260918T110000 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20260918T130000 LOCATION:LUCSUS\, Biskopsgatan 5\, Lund (Room Ostrom\, third floor of Josep hson building) END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR