Drawing from Indigenous and Western Science: Three Decades of Relationships and Renewal in the Klamath River Dam Removal
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2023-12-15
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Reed, Ron
Norgaard, Kari Marie
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Ron Reed and Kari Marie Norgaard have worked closely together since 2003, conducting policyrelevant research on tribal health and social impacts of environmental decline. Their 2019 article “Emotional Impacts of Environmental Decline: What Can Attention to Native Cosmologies Teach Sociology about Emotions and Environmental Justice,” received the Best Article Award from the Sociology of Emotions section of the ASA.
Ron Reed is a traditional Karuk dipnet fisherman, spiritual leader and important public figure for the Karuk Tribe. Ron has collaborated closely with researchers at Stanford, U.C. Berkeley and University of Oregon, has co-authored many articles and book chapters as well as co-supervised graduate and undergraduate theses.
Kari Marie Norgaard is Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at University of Oregon. She has served as consultant for the Karuk Tribe and has chaired the Environmental Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Dr. Norgaard is author of Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions and Everyday Life and most recently Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People: Colonialism, Nature and Social Action as well as
dozens of other articles.
Ron and Kari have worked closely together since 2003, conducting policyrelevant research on tribal health and social impacts of environmental decline. Their 2019 article “Emotional Impacts of Environmental Decline: What Can Attention to Native Cosmologies Teach Sociology about Emotions and Environmental Justice,” received the Best Article Award from the Sociology of Emotions section of the ASA.