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Indigenous Science and Technology in The Philippines

Indigenous knowledge is an important part of daily life for many communities and includes practices like predicting weather patterns, herbal medicine, food preservation, and soil classification. Indigenous science is the body of knowledge developed by different groups and civilizations and includes both practical technologies and metaphysical beliefs. It is composed of traditional knowledge that uses scientific processes and is guided by community values and culture. The UNESCO recognizes indigenous science as a valuable historical contribution to overall science and technology.

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Indigenous Science and Technology in The Philippines

Indigenous knowledge is an important part of daily life for many communities and includes practices like predicting weather patterns, herbal medicine, food preservation, and soil classification. Indigenous science is the body of knowledge developed by different groups and civilizations and includes both practical technologies and metaphysical beliefs. It is composed of traditional knowledge that uses scientific processes and is guided by community values and culture. The UNESCO recognizes indigenous science as a valuable historical contribution to overall science and technology.

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INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES


INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM

Indigenous knowledge is embedded in the daily life


experiences of young children as they grow. They
live and in a society where the members of the
community prominently practice indigenous
knowledge.
• Examples of indigenous knowledge that can be
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 in cultural properties;
• Preserving and selecting good seed 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 vegetable
in the yard.
• Indigenous Science
Is part of the indigenous knowledge system practiced by
different groups of people and early civilization.
Cajete (2004)
Indigenous science includes everything from metaphysics to
philosophy and various practical technologies practiced by
indigenous people both past and present.

Indigenous belief identified by Johnston (2000)


Indigenous beliefs also develop desirable values that
are relevant or consisted to scientific attitudes as
identified by Johnston (2000)
• Motivating attitudes
• Cooperating attitudes
• Practical attitudes
• Reflective attitudes
• Pawilen (2005)
Explained that indigenous science knowledge has
developed diverse structures and contents through the
interplay between the society and environment.
• Kuhn (1962)
Developmental stages of most sciences characterized
by continual competition between a number of
distinct views pf nature, each partially derived from,
and all roughly compatible with the dictates of
scientific and observation and method.
Sibisi (2004)
• Pointed out that indigenous science provides the basics of
astronomy, pharmacology, food technology or metallurgy,
which were derived from traditional knowledge and
practices.
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE

• Pawilen (2006)
Developed a simple framework for understanding
indigenous science. Accordingly, indigenous science is
composed of traditional knowledge that uses science process
skills and guided by community values and culture.
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE

Uses Guided by Composed of

Science Process Community Culture Traditional


Skills and Values Knowledge
• UNESCO’s Declaration of 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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