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When Academic Environments Dismiss Personal Traditional Knowledge

Everyone in my environmental science program talks about indigenous wisdom but when I share what my grandmother taught me they look at me like I'm being mystical instead of scientific

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Academic frameworks often fail to recognize the validity of lived traditional knowledge, creating internal conflict in knowledge holders.

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