The Trouble With TEK

  • Felice S. Wyndham Reviews Editor, Ethnobiology Letters Research Associate, Zoology Department, Oxford University
Keywords: TEK, Acronym creep, Traditional ecological knowledge

Author Biography

Felice S. Wyndham, Reviews Editor, Ethnobiology Letters Research Associate, Zoology Department, Oxford University
Felice S. Wyndham is a Research Associate in the Zoology Department, Oxford University; with the International Society of Ethnobiology; and a Research Collaborator with the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Published
2017-08-07
How to Cite
Wyndham, F. S. (2017). The Trouble With TEK. Ethnobiology Letters, 8(1), 78–80. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.8.1.2017.1006
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Editorials