A double standard exists concerning the acceptance of Traditional Knowledge by practitioners of Western science.
Articles on Traditional knowledge
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Like many Indigenous groups around the world, the James Bay Cree of northern Québec have a disproportionately high rate of diabetes. They’re facing it down with a decidedly Indigenous solution.
In north-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous practice.
Knowledge is power. If you own it, you can control those without it. Since so much knowledge about Africa doesn’t sit on the continent, it’s apparent that Africa lacks power in this regard.
The decolonisation debate in South Africa’s universities raises critical issues about the relationship between power, knowledge and learning.
Traditional knowledge that drives indigenous communities’ innovation in agriculture, medicine and conservation is not protected by existing international law.
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Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Researcher in International Relations and Politics, Development Studies and Borders, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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Professor of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Research Associate in Higher Education Policy and Planning, Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Prof of Archaeological Science, University of Oxford
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Professor of Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples’ Well-Being and an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Teaching, Sustainable Food Systems, University of British Columbia
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Teacher and Northern Oral Language and Writing Through Play community research partner
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Contributor to the special issue on Ethnobiology Through Song/CEO Ninogaad Knowledge Keepers Foundation/Board of Directors APTN, Indigenous Knowledge
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Professor in Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Instructor of English and Creative Writing , University of Alberta