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STS TOPIC 4: INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Indigenous Knowledge System


- Indigenous knowledge is embedded in the daily life experiences of young children as they grow up.
- They live and grow in a society where the members of the community prominently practice
indigenous knowledge.
- 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 indigenous knowledge that are taught and practiced by the indigenous people
are:
- predicting weather conditions and seasons using knowledge in observing animals' behavior 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
- Indigenous science is part of the indigenous knowledge system practiced by different groups of
people and early civilizations (Gribbin, 2001; Mkapa, 2004; Sibisi, 2004).

- It includes complex arrays of knowledge, expertise, practices, and representations that guide
human societies in their enumerable interactions with the natural milieu: agriculture, medicine,
naming and explaining natural phenomena, and strategies for coping with changing environments
(Pawilen, 2005).

- Ogawa (1995) claimed that it is collectively lived in and experienced by the people of a given
culture.

- According to Cajete (2004), indigenous science includes everything, from metaphysics to philosophy
and various practical technologies practiced by indigenous peoples both past and present. Iaccarino
(2003) elaborated this idea by explaining that science is a part of culture, and how science is done
largely depends on the cultural practices of the people.

- Indigenous beliefs also develop desirable values that are relevant or consistent to scientific
attitudes as identified by Johnston (2000), namely:
(1) motivating attitudes;
(2) cooperating attitudes;
(3) practical attitudes; and
(4) reflective attitudes.
These cultural beliefs therefore can be a good foundation for developing positive values towards
learning and doing science and in bringing science to a personal level.
- Pawilen (2006) developed a simple framework for understanding indigenous science. Accordingly,
indigenous science is composed of traditional knowledge that uses science process skills and is
guided by community values and culture.
The Concept of Indigenous Science
(1) Uses (Science Process Skills),
(2) guided by (Community Culture and Values),
(3) composed of (Traditional Knowledge)

- Indigenous science is important in the development of science and technology in the Philippines.
- Like the ancient civilizations, indigenous science gave birth to the development of science and
technology as a field and as a discipline.
- In indigenous science helped the people understand the natural environment and cope with
everyday life. 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.

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