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Sts Report Indigenous Science

The document discusses Indigenous Science and Technology in the Philippines, highlighting the importance of Indigenous knowledge systems developed through long-term interactions with nature. It emphasizes the role of cultural practices and traditional knowledge in areas such as agriculture, medicine, and environmental observation. The document also acknowledges the recognition of Indigenous Science as a valuable contribution to broader scientific knowledge by organizations like UNESCO.

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Sts Report Indigenous Science

The document discusses Indigenous Science and Technology in the Philippines, highlighting the importance of Indigenous knowledge systems developed through long-term interactions with nature. It emphasizes the role of cultural practices and traditional knowledge in areas such as agriculture, medicine, and environmental observation. The document also acknowledges the recognition of Indigenous Science as a valuable contribution to broader scientific knowledge by organizations like UNESCO.

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INDIGENOUS

SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY

IN THE

PHILIPPINES
Filipinos, especially during the early times,
tried to invent tools that will help them in
everyday life. They also developed
alternative ideas in explaining various
phenomena and in explaining the world
.
around them.
This system of knowledge is called
Indigenous knowledge, which is the
foundation of indigenous science.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

Refers to the understandings, skills


and philosophies developed by
societies with long histories of
interaction with their natural
surroundings. For rural and
indigenous science.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
SYSTEM

Indigenous knowledge is embedded in


the daily life experiences of young
children as they grow up.
Their parents and other older folks
served as their first teachers and their
methods of teaching are very effective in
transmitting cultural knowledge in their
minds.
SOME EXAMPLES OF DIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE BEING TAUGHT
AND PRACTICE BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE:

Practicing weather conditions and seasons


using knowledge by observing animal’s
behaviour and celestial bodies.
Using herbal medicine.
Preserving foods.
Classifying plants and animals into families
and groups based on cultural properties.
Preserving and selecting good seeds for
planting.
Using Indigenous technology in daily
lives.
Building local irrigation systems.
Classifying different types of soil for
planting based on cultural properties.
Producing wines and juices from tropical
fruits; and
Keeping the custom of growing plants
and vegetables in the yard.
Indigenous Science

Gribbin,2001 et. Al – Indigenous science is part of the


indigenous knowledge system practiced by different
groups of people and early civilizations.
Pawilen, 2005 – Indigenous science includes complex
arrays of knowledge, expertise, practice and
representation.
Also developed diverse structure and contents through
the interplay between the society and the environment.
Ogawa, 1995 – Claimed that it is collectively lived in the
experience by the people of a given culture.
Cajete, 2004 – Indigenous science includes everything,
from metaphysics to philosophy and various practical
technologies.
Iaccarino, 2003 – Elaborated this idea by explaining that
science is part of culture.
Johnston, 2000 – scientific attitude as identified namely;1
motivating attitudes; 2 cooperating attitudes; 3 practical
attitudes; 4 reflective attitudes.
Kuhn, 1962 – characterized by continual competition
between a number of distinct views of nature, each
partially derived from, and all roughly compatible.
Sibisi, 2004 – Provides the basics of astronomy,
pharmacology, food technology, or metallurgy.
Pawilen, 2006 – developed a simple
framework for understanding indigenous
science.
Uses science process skills such as observing,
comparing, classifying, measuring, problem
01 solving, infering, communicating, and
predicting.
Guided by culture and community values such as:
The land is source of life.
02 The earth is revered as “Mother Earth”.
All living and nonliving things are interconnected
Human beings are stewards or trustee of the land
Nature is a friend to human beings
Is composed of traditional knowledge
03
practiced such as ethno-biology, ethno-
medicine, indigenous farming methods,
and folk astronomy.
UNESCO’s Declaration on Science and the
Use of Scientific Knowledge (1999)
recognized indigenous Science as a
historical and valuable contribution to
science and technology.
INDIGENOUS
SCIENCE

guided by

uses
Community Culture composed of
Science Process and Values Traditional
Skills Knowledge

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