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Traditional knowledge
About: Traditional knowledge is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10825 publications have been published within this topic receiving 202790 citations. The topic is also known as: indigenous knowledge & indigenous knowledge system.
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TL;DR: A field survey was conducted in the villages of Ramdi, Malunga, Balam, Beltari, Mirmi, Burgha and Ridi in the Kali Gandaki watershed, Nepal; 48 medicinal plants belonging to 31 families were reported, each with local names, traditional uses, methods of preparation and route of administration.
166 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare indigenous knowledge on species' grazing values, plant succession, and ideas about the causes for environmental change in two African pastoral societies (the Kenyan Pokot and the Namibian Himba), and show that their knowledge is indeed fine-grained and complex but at the same time socially constructed and embedded in ideology.
Abstract: Mobile livestock herders have long been seen as the main culprits of over-stocking and rangeland degradation. In recent years, however, anthropologists and ecologists have argued that African pastoralists have developed sustainable modes of pasture management based on a sound knowledge of savanna ecosystems. Comparing indigenous knowledge on species' grazing values, plant succession, and ideas about the causes for environmental change in two African pastoral societies (the Kenyan Pokot and the Namibian Himba), it is shown that their knowledge is indeed fine-grained and complex but at the same time socially constructed and embedded in ideology. It relates to a cultural landscape and not to abstract considerations on climax vegetation and its changes over time. Pastoral knowledge is built up around the interaction between herds and vegetation rather than around the environment as such.
166 citations
01 Dec 2014
TL;DR: The special issue of Decolonization on land-based education as mentioned in this paper introduces the premise that, if colonization is fundamentally about dispossessing Indigenous peoples from land, decolonization must involve forms of education that reconnect Indigenous peoples to land and the social relations, knowledges and languages that arise from the land.
Abstract: This paper introduces the special issue of Decolonization on land-based education. We begin with the premise that, if colonization is fundamentally about dispossessing Indigenous peoples from land, decolonization must involve forms of education that reconnect Indigenous peoples to land and the social relations, knowledges and languages that arise from the land. An important aspect of each article is then highlighted, as we explore the complexities and nuances of Indigenous land-based education in different contexts, places and methods. We close with some reflections on issues that we believe deserve further attention and research in regards to land-based education, including gender, spirituality, intersectional decolonization approaches, and sources of funding for land-based education initiatives.
164 citations
TL;DR: Estimated changes in cultural traits associated to the traditional knowledge of wild plant uses among an Amazonian indigenous society show that between 2000 and 2009, Tsimane' adults experienced a net decrease in the report of plant uses, equivalent to a 1 to 3 % per year.
163 citations