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Protecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge Through a Biocultural Diversity Framework

The Journal of Environment & Development, 2022
Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) is intrinsically connected to knowledge holders’ worldviews and relationships to their environments. Mainstream rights-based approaches do not recognize this interconnection and are hence limited at protecting the integrity of ILK.
Gabriel R. Nemogá, Amanda Appasamy, Cora A. Romanow   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Indigenous knowledge dataset of Dayak, Malay and Chinese communities in Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Data in Brief
The dataset in this article presents indigenous knowledge of Dayak, Malay, and Chinese ethnic communities in Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Adriana Gandasari, Markus Iyus Supiandi, Thomas Joni Verawanto Aristo, Ursula Dwi Oktaviani, Dinn Wahyudin, Asep Herry Hernawan, Anastasia Selvi, Fiony, Mawardi   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating local and scientific knowledge: The need for decolonising knowledge for conservation and natural resource management

Heliyon, 2023
Integrating Indigenous and local knowledge in conservation and natural resource management (NRM) initiatives is necessary to achieve sustainability, equity, and responsiveness to local realities and needs.
Malaika P. Yanou, Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen, James Reed, Kaala Moombe, Terry Sunderland   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design for the contact zone. Knowledge management software and the structures of indigenous knowledges [PDF]

, 2010
This article examines the design of digital indigenous knowledge archives. In a discussion of the distinction between indigenous knowledge and western science, a decentred perspective is developed, in which the relationship between different local ...
van der Velden, Maja
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Lived and Care Experiences of Chronic Musculoskeletal Shoulder Pain in Australian Adults: A Qualitative Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Australian evidence on lived and care experiences of chronic musculoskeletal shoulder pain (CMSP), irrespective of disorder classification or disease, is limited. However, such evidence is important for person‐centered care and informing local service pathways and care guidelines or standards.
Sonia Ranelli, Joanne E. Jordan, Ilana N. Ackerman, Alison Thorpe, Jennifer G. Persaud, Linda J. Woodhouse, Jason Chua, Ben Horgan, Andrew M. Briggs   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural barriers to effective communication between Indigenous communities and health care providers in Northern Argentina: an anthropological contribution to Chagas disease prevention and control [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Ninety percent of the aboriginal communities of Argentina are located in areas of endemic vectorial transmission of Chagas disease. Control activities in these communities have not been effective.
Braunstein, Jose Alberto, Dell Arciprete, Paula, Dinardi, Matias Andres, Llovet, Ignacio Diego, Sosa-Estani, Sergio Alejandro, Touris, María Cecilia   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Ultrasound in Women's Health: Mechanisms, Applications, and Emerging Opportunities

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
As healthcare moves toward decentralization, ultrasound technologies are evolving from strictly imaging tools in clinical settings into versatile diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, with growing roles addressing women's health needs. This review highlights how ultrasound's underlying physical mechanisms can be harnessed to reduce disparities in women'
Sarah B. Ornellas, Bilal Kizilaslan, Aastha Shah, Jason F. Hou, Yoonsoo Shin, Alejandra Hernandez Moyers, Claudia Lozano, Canan Dagdeviren   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Indigenous knowledge of Rural Communities for Combating Climate Change Impacts in West Central Ethiopia

Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2018
The study examined how local knowledge of climate change plays a role in adjusting to changing climate and how these beliefs may influence future decision making about how to go about adjusting to climate change at a local level. The study was conducted
Zerihun Yohannes Amare
doaj   +4 more sources

The contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe: A big call to practitioners

Jàmbá, 2018
This article examined the contribution of indigenous knowledge to disaster risk reduction activities in Zimbabwe. The current discourse underrates the use of indigenous knowledge of communities by practitioners when dealing with disasters’, as the ...
Ernest Dube, Edson Munsaka
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous Knowledge of Desert Truffle Among Turkmen People Aman Mohammad Komaki Hossein Barani Abolfazl Sharifiyan Bahraman [PDF]

Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān, 2015
The indigenous knowledge arises from reality of human life and experiences on the earth, which indeed stems from ancestors. They may have got this knowledge from their living directly and gather it experimentally.
aman mohammad komaki, Abolfazl sharifiyan, Hossein barani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source