Reconstructing a Fractured Indigenous Knowledge System

Knowledge translation and indigenous knowledge.

OBJECTIVE We wanted to evaluate the interface between knowledge translation theory and Indigenous knowledge. DESIGN Literature review supplemented by expert opinion was carried out. METHOD Thematic analysis to identify gaps and convergences between the two domains was done. RESULTS The theoretical and epistemological frameworks underlying Western scientific and Indigenous knowledge system...

Women indigenous knowledge of folk medicines

This study analysed women s indigenous knowledge of folk medicines with respect to human and livestock illnesses in selected areas in upper Swat, Buner, and Chitral Districts of the Malakand region of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan in the summer 2003. This analysis was completed by a male and female multi-disciplinary team of specialists. Interviews were conducted using Questionnaires a...

The Protection of Indigenous Knowledge through the Intellectual Property System

Protecting Indigenous Knowledge

The controversies surrounding intellectual property protection are most obvious when it comes to protecting indigenous knowledge. The firmly entrenched patenting laws in the developed world provide recognition and economic monopoly to individual inventors. Consequently, large and small companies have been able to appropriate the economic benefits from the technological knowledge protected throu...

Women indigenous knowledge of folk medicines

This study analysed women s indigenous knowledge of folk medicines with respect to human and livestock illnesses in selected areas in upper Swat, Buner, and Chitral Districts of the Malakand region of North West Frontier Province, Pakistan in the summer 2003. This analysis was completed by a male and female multi-disciplinary team of specialists. Interviews were conducted using Questionnaires a...