Significance of Indigenous knowledge
Indigenous knowledge, as understood across various fields, encompasses the traditional practices, understanding, and wisdom developed by local communities over generations. This includes knowledge of medicinal plants, their uses, and healthcare systems, often passed down through generations and culturally specific. It also involves the traditional understanding and practices related to health, medicine, and natural resources, essential for health and well-being. The term highlights the importance of local expertise and practices in various contexts, from healthcare to environmental sustainability.
Synonyms: Traditional knowledge, Native wisdom, Ancestral knowledge, Local knowledge, Folk knowledge, Cultural heritage, Indigenous wisdom
In Dutch: Inheemse kennis; In Finnish: Alkuperäinen tieto; In Spanish: Conocimiento indígena; In Portugese: Conhecimento indígena; In Polish: Wiedza rdzenna; In Italian: Conoscenza indigena
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Hindu concept of 'Indigenous knowledge'
In Hinduism, Indigenous knowledge embodies local communities' accumulated understanding, skills, and traditions. It encompasses traditional practices, especially regarding plants for medicinal purposes. Studies aim to document, conserve, and share this knowledge, which is often at risk of being lost.
From: Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine
(1) The study investigates indigenous knowledge of plant species, which results from human interaction and selection of desirable plant species.[1] (2) The indigenous traditional knowledge claims were also authenticated by visiting some of the tribal villages/forest areas of Telangana in three different seasons during June-2020 to June-2022.[2] (3) This encompasses the traditional practices and understanding of local communities, especially regarding the use of plants for medicinal purposes, and it is the focus of the study to conserve and bring this knowledge to the scientific community.[3] (4) This refers to the knowledge of the local communities on the medicinal use of plants. It is critical to document it through ethno botanical studies.[4] (5) Indigenous knowledge encompasses the traditional practices, understanding, and wisdom related to medicinal plants, their uses, and healthcare systems, particularly within specific communities and their historical context, as mentioned in the text.[5]
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) This is the understanding of traditional practices and uses of plants, including vegetables, which is important to make society aware of, and is at risk of being lost.[6]
The concept of Indigenous knowledge in local and regional sources
Indigenous knowledge, as defined by regional sources, represents local traditions, practices, and understandings of science and technology originating in India. This contrasts with Western methodologies and is a historically evolving category encompassing diverse practices and ideas.
From: Triveni Journal
(1) Indigenous knowledge encompasses the local traditions, practices, and understandings of science and technology that originated within India, often contrasting with Western methodologies.[7]
From: History of Science in South Asia
(1) A focus of the book review, which is a historically contingent category that may signify a broad swathe of practices and ideas.[8]
The concept of Indigenous knowledge in scientific sources
Indigenous knowledge, as defined by the text, encompasses local, culturally specific understanding and practices, particularly concerning medicinal plants and natural resources. This includes traditional wisdom, expertise, and practices passed down through generations within indigenous communities, often vital for health, medicine, and sustainable resource management.
From: Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
(1) This is the traditional knowledge, practices, and beliefs developed by a community, including the use of medicinal plants.[9] (2) This refers to the traditional knowledge of local people, which is documented through ethnobotanical studies for the sustainable utilization of medicinal plants in plant discovery.[10] (3) The traditional knowledge and practices of local communities, particularly the use of medicinal plants for treating livestock diseases, which is a central focus of the study.[11] (4) This refers to the traditional understanding and practices of local communities, particularly in the context of pest control and the use of plants.[12] (5) This refers to the understanding of a plant, and the cultivation of medicinal plants helps to preserve this knowledge, and also promotes local economic growth.[13]
From: African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
(1) Indigenous knowledge refers to the traditional beliefs and practices, and it can sometimes conflict with medical knowledge of reproduction, leading to delays in seeking care during pregnancy.[14] (2) Indigenous knowledge is linked to the need for a collaborative approach to adaptation amongst national departments, as well as the need to link adaptation to local and indigenous knowledge, as highlighted by the study.[15] (3) Indigenous knowledge is regarded as the knowledge that has been acquired outside the educational system and is central to the social, cultural, and spiritual beliefs of communities.[16] (4) This is the local knowledge of a specific area or community, which can be utilized when addressing health issues such as malaria.[17] (5) This refers to the knowledge systems practiced by various communities in an attempt to achieve decolonization within the health care system.[18]
From: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
(1) This refers to knowledge systems, and is explored in the context of voices from the academy, with a definition sought.[19] (2) This refers to the accumulated wisdom and understanding of the local community, which was integrated with scientific knowledge to find a solution.[20] (3) This is the existing knowledge, and the use of this for epidemiological purposes and early detection often improves the success rate in disease control and eradication.[21]
From: The Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
(1) The understanding and practices that have been passed down through generations within indigenous communities, often influencing their approaches to resilience.[22]
From: Journal of Public Health in Africa
(1) This was key in promoting traditional medicines during the early days of the pandemic, providing reasons for people to confidently use them, especially for treating symptoms similar to the flu.[23]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) This term is mentioned in relation to workforce participation, and it signifies the traditional knowledge, practices, and beliefs held by local communities.[24]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) Traditional ecological knowledge held by local communities about plant use.[25]
From: Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics
(1) Information possessed by women of Kalat and Khuzdar regions of Balochistan, Pakistan, regarding folk medicine.[26]
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) It is the traditional wisdom and expertise held by native communities, valuable for understanding and addressing ecological challenges.[27] (2) Have long premised that human wellbeing is inextricably linked to ecosystem health and is important as part of wider efforts to adapt to climate change and protect and promote human wellbeing and the ecologies of the region.[28] (3) This refers to the traditional knowledge and practices of indigenous communities, and there may be some important opportunities on issues such as indigenous knowledge.[29] (4) Indigenous knowledge and innovative adaptation practices spanning Indigenous, postcolonial, and contemporary histories of human response are crucial for effective sustainability.[30] (5) The loss of indigenous knowledge and traditions due to the current food system impacts social sustainability indicators, making it difficult if not impossible to achieve a balance.[31]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Indigenous knowledge emphasizes that plants have a spirit, and to move or rehome them is an interesting concept, because they are where they are for a reason, and they have a relationship with the land.[32] (2) It refers to the traditional ecological and cultural information held by Indigenous communities, often passed down through generations.[33] (3) Indigenous knowledge systems are fundamentally holistic, experience-based, narrative-based, and relational, and western institutions have historically overlooked Indigenous knowledge systems.[34] (4) Indigenous knowledge and beliefs in rural dwellers and their cultures lead them to have strong convictions that their practices for treating diseases are better than modern medicine.[35] (5) Indigenous knowledge is the local knowledge possessed by local people or unique to a particular culture and society, making a valuable contribution to environmental behavior.[36]
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) The wax and gold tradition represents a form of indigenous knowledge within Ethiopia, with its roots deeply embedded in the cultural and religious practices of the region.[37] (2) Indigenous knowledge and practices around Maori astronomy are being re-established, and the relevance of which to seasonal practices and rituals is being offered to a new generation.[38] (3) Refers to African perspectives on same-sex sexualities, which includes cultural beliefs and traditions of a community and are used to frame the study.[39] (4) It is connected to place and territory, with decolonization being inseparable from Indigenous sovereignty in the land.[40] (5) Ways of knowing and relating to more-than-human kin that will flourish in the ruins of colonial orders. Settlers will turn to these knowledges because they have destroyed everything else.[41]
From: Religious Inquiries (Journal)
(1) Each of these ten articles require a redefinition of duties and authorities, as well as sketches of a full-scale plan for enhancing indigenous knowledge.[42]
From: South African Journal of Psychiatry
(1) The value of these systems in collaboration with moral, ethical, and religious approaches in the military services is discussed.[43]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) The traditional understanding and practices related to medicinal plants shared by local communities and practitioners during ethnopharmacological research.[44]