Regional Research Hubs
At eight regional hubs across the U.S. and in Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia, NSF CBIKS uses a community-based approach to develop and carry out rural place-based transdisciplinary projects. We use a braided methodology that brings together Indigenous and Western approaches in our partnerships with 57 communities and look forward to developing new partnerships and hubs.
Transforming Science Co-Laboratories
The Co-Labs bring together interdisciplinary scholars to advance NSF CBIKS's meta-level research agenda on how to effectively and ethically braid Indigenous knowledges and Western science. Their focus is two-fold: developing a robust understanding of the processes, methods, and protocols of braiding knowledges using the Indigenous Research Circle framework and exploring best practices for community-based participation research with Indigenous communities. Each Co-Laboratory addresses a distinct theme within the Indigenous Research Circle. They learn alongside Hubs to build research portfolios in their specific thematic area. This work includes creating guidance documents, facilitating cross-institutional and cross-cultural dialogues, and producing impactful scholarship that advances knowledge in each Co-Laboratory's thematic area.
Knowledge Base
A publicly available knowledge base stores, organizes, and shares methods, ethics, and best practices for connecting Western and Indigenous science. This helps to ensure that students, scientists, and communities have access to what we learn together at NSF CBIKS and to resources that others have produced, contributing to enhanced adaptation to environmental variability and planning for the care of Tribal homelands, public lands, and cultural places and landscapes integral to the U.S.
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