Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era

A Natural and Applied Science Perspective

David R. Katerere, Wendy Applequist, Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Chamunorwa Togo, David R. Katerere, Wendy Applequist, Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Chamunorwa Togo

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781138034297
• eBook ISBN: 9781351981781
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Biology

While there is talk of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, old and new challenges bedevil the world – climate change, nutrition, and health poverty being at the top of the list. In seeking solutions to these and other problems which afflict the modern era, it is worthwhile to look into our collective past, to the traditions and knowledges of our ancestors. Such knowledge continues to exist in many parts of the world, though now marginalized by homogenous, Eurocentric ontolology and epistemology.

This book presents a compilation of reviews, case studies, and primary research attempting to locate the utility of traditional and Indigenous Knowledges in an increasingly complex world. It assembles chapter authors from across the world to tackle topics ranging from traditional knowledge-based innovations and commercialization, traditional medicine systems as practiced around the world, ethnoveterinary practices, and food innovation to traditional governance and leadership systems, among others. This book is an important resource for policymakers; scholars and researchers of cultural studies, leadership, governance, ethnobotany, anthropology, plant genetic resources and technology innovation; and readers interested in the history of knowledge and culture, as well as cultural activists and political scientists.

Features:

• Unique combination of social science and anthropological aspects with natural science perspectives
• Includes summaries aimed at policymakers to immediately see what would be relevant to their work
• Combines case studies illuminating important lessons learned with reviews and primary data
• Multidisciplinary in the scope of the topics tackled and assemblage of contributors
• Global footprint with contributions from Africa, Europe, North America, Asia, and the West Indies

David R. Katerere, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Wendy Applequist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri

Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa and Nutritica SA, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa

Chamunorwa Togo, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Preface
• Editors
• Contributors
• Chapter 1 Indigenous/Tribal Knowledges – Definition and Relevance in the Modern Era
• Chapter 2 How Research Funding Can Drive the Commercialization of IK-Based Technologies: The Case of SANBio
• Chapter 3 Contemporizing Tribal and Indigenous Medical Knowledge: An Indian Perspective
• Chapter 4 Tribal and Indigenous Knowledge in West Africa: The Use of Food Plants in the Management of Diabetes
• Chapter 5 Traditional and Local Knowledge Systems in the Caribbean: Jamaica as a Case Study
• Chapter 6 Indigenous Knowledge Systems: Practices in Modern-Day China
• Chapter 7 Kampo Medicine: A Different Model for Integrating Health Care Practices
• Chapter 8 Back to the Future – The Prospects of African Indigenous Crops as Future Foods
• Chapter 9 The Role of Traditional Health Practitioners in Modern Health Care Systems
• Chapter 10 Interrogating the Framework for the Regulation of Complementary Medicines in South Africa
• Chapter 11 Animal Health and Indigenous Knowledge Systems
• Chapter 12 Local Ecological Knowledge on Climate Prediction and Adaptation: Agriculture-Wildlife Interface Perspectives from Africa
• Chapter 13 Food and Nutrition Innovation in the Context of Indigenous Knowledge Systems
• Chapter 14 Hurdles in the Commercialization of Tribal and Indigenous Knowledge-Derived Technologies
• Chapter 15 The State of Traditional Leadership in South Africa from Colonialism and Apartheid to Democracy
• Chapter 16 A Brief Survey of Early Indigenous Knowledge Which Influenced Modern Agronomic Practices
• Chapter 17 Applications of Indigenous Knowledges in the 21st Century
• Index