![]() It provides many examples from the Americas of Indigenous peoples’ achievements in a broad range of science disciplines, and describes a rich and well-documented branch of Indigenous Science formally known to many biologists and ecologists as Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). This chapter explores different versions of what science is, and what counts as scientific. Thus, when Western Science is taught without acknowledging Indigenous Science, this can be construed as assimilative science education. ![]() Westerners freely acknowledge the existence of Indigenous art, music, literature and drama, and of political and economic systems in Indigenous cultures, but many fail to apprehend and appreciate the concept of Indigenous Science. Western Science (WS) is the most dominant science in the world today and is widely thought of as “officially sanctioned science.” However, because WS has been implicated in many of the world’s ecological disasters-pesticide contamination, introduced species, dams and water diversions that have impacted salmon and other indigenous species-it seems that reliance on Western Science alone can be seen as increasingly problematic and even counterproductive.Ĭultural diversity suggests that Western Science and Indigenous Science should be viewed as co-existing or parallel. The traditional wisdom component of IS-the values and ways of decision-making relating to science knowledge-is particularly rich in time-tested approaches that foster sustainability and environmental integrity. Ogawa quotes Yamada (1970), a Japanese historian of Oriental science, who writes, “every culture and every society has its own science, and its function is sustaining its mother society and culture” (p. Ogawa (1995) proposes that every culture has its own science and refers to the science of a given culture as its “indigenous science” (p. Indigenous Science (IS) in this book refers to the science knowledge of all peoples who, as participants in culture, are affected by the worldview and interests of their home communities and homelands. Understanding and Acknowledging Indigenous ScienceĬhapter 6 – Indigenous Science: Proven, Practical and Timeless Gloria Snively and John Corsiglia
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