CHANTAL BILODEAU’NUN İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ TİYATRO OYUNU SILA’DA BATILI VE YERLİ BİLİMLERİ ARASINDA KÖPRÜLERİN İNŞASI

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 28, 485 - 506, 31.08.2025

Nesrin Yavaş

https://doi.org/10.58884/akademik-hassasiyetler.1605810

Öz

Bu çalışma, Batılı bilimsel paradigmalar ile Yerli Geleneksel Ekolojik Bilgi (TEK) sistemlerinin entegrasyonunu, iklim değişikliğiyle mücadelede temel bir yaklaşım olarak ele alır. Chantal Bilodeau’nun Sila (2015) adlı iklim değişikliği oyununu temel alarak yapılan araştırma, bu iki epistemolojik çerçevenin sürdürülebilir uygulamaları teşvik etmek, ekolojik dayanıklılığı artırmak ve kültürel olarak kapsayıcı adaptasyon stratejileri geliştirmek için nasıl bir araya gelebileceğini vurgular. Oyun, Yerli çevre bilgisinin günümüz iklim söylemindeki hayati rolünü ortaya koyar ve Batı biliminin sınırlamalarını ve hiyerarşik yapılarını sorgular. Batı bilimi, genellikle indirgemeci ve ampirik metodolojilere dayanarak Yerli bilgi sistemlerini tarihsel olarak marjinalleştirmiştir. Sila, bu paradigmaya meydan okuyarak TEK’i küresel iklim değişikliğiyle mücadelede eşit ve vazgeçilmez bir ortak olarak konumlandırır. Aynı zamanda etik, karşılıklı ve kültürler arası iş birliğini teşvik ederek çevre araştırmalarında sömürgecilikten arınmış bir yaklaşım önerir. Bu araştırma, Batı biliminin Yerli bilgelik ve bilgi sistemlerini iklim politikaları ve yönetiminde eşit ve vazgeçilmez bir bileşen olarak benimsemesi gerektiğini savunur. TEK’in bu süreçlere dahil edilmesinin, daha dirençli ve adil bir gelecek inşa etmek için dönüştürücü bir potansiyel taşıdığına dikkat çekerken, iklim değişikliğinin karmaşıklıklarını bütüncül bir şekilde ele almak için kültürler arası diyalogların önemini vurgular.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Geleneksel Yerli Bilgi sistemleri, , Batı bilimi , iklim değişikliği , ınuit , iklim değişikliği tiyatrosu

BRIDGING WESTERN AND INDIGENOUS SCIENCES IN CHANTAL BILODEAU’S CLIMATE CHANGE THEATRE PLAY SILA

Öz

This study explores the integration of Western scientific paradigms and Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge systems (TEK) as an essential approach to addressing the escalating challenges of climate change. Using Chantal Bilodeau’s climate change play Sila (2015) as a focal point, the research highlights how these epistemological frameworks can collaborate to foster sustainable practices, ecological resilience, and culturally inclusive adaptation strategies. The play showcases the vital role of Indigenous environmental knowledge in contemporary climate discourse, challenging the limitations and hierarchical structures of Western science.Western science, often rooted in reductionist and empirical methodologies, has historically marginalized Indigenous knowledge systems. Sila disrupts this paradigm by positioning TEK as an equal partner in the global response to climate change.It further calls for ethical and reciprocal cross-cultural collaboration, advocating for the decolonization of environmental research. This research advocates for a paradigm shift where Western science embraces Indigenous wisdom as an indispensable and equal component of climate policy and governance, emphasizing its transformative potential in fostering a more resilient and equitable future. This study reaffirms the necessity of cross-cultural dialogues to address the complexities of climate change holistically.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Trditional Indigenous knowledge systems (TEK) , Western science , climate change , Inuit , climate change theater

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