Traditional and indigenous knowledge systems for the modern era : a natural and applied science perspective /

"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 collec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Katerere, David R. (Editor ), Applequist, Wendy (Editor ), Aboyade, Oluwaseyi M. (Editor ), Togo, Chamunorwa (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca , FL : CRC Press, [2020]
Temas:
Alternative medicine.
Therapeutics, Physiological.
Cross-cultural studies.
Medicine, Traditional
Health Services, Indigenous
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Complementary Therapies
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Médecines parallèles.
Études transculturelles.
MEDICAL / Alternative Medicine
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany
SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General
Therapeutics, Physiological
Cross-cultural studies
Alternative medicine
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Indigenous/tribal knowledges
  • definition and relevance in the modern era / Soul Shava
  • How research funding can drive the commercialization of IK-based technologies: the case of SANBio / Ereck Chakauya, Zvikomborero Tangawamira, and Sechaba Bareetseng
  • Contemporizing tribal and Indigenous medical knowledge: an Indian perspective / Darshan Shankar
  • Tribal and Indigenous knowledge in West Africa: the use of food plants in the management of diabetes / Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade and David R. Katerere
  • Traditional and local knowledge systems in the Caribbean: Jamaica as a case study / David Picking and Ina Vandebroek
  • Indigenous knowledge systems: practices in modern-day China / Weiyang Chen
  • Kampo medicine: a different model for integrating health care practices / Naotoshi Shibahara
  • Back to the future: the prospects of African indigenous crops as future foods / Callistus Bvenura, Estonce T. Gwata, and Felix D. Dakora
  • The role of traditional health practitioners in modern health care systems / Norman Z. Nyazema
  • Interrogating the framework for the regulation of complementary medicines in South Africa / David R. Katerere, Kaizer Thembo, and Renée A. Street
  • Animal health and Indigenous knowledge systems / Lillian Mukandiwa and Donald R. Sibanda
  • Local ecological knowledge on climate prediction and adaptation: agriculture-wildlife interface perspectives from Africa / Olga L. Kupika, Godwell Nhamo, Edson Gandiwa, and Shakkie Kativu
  • Food and nutrition innovation in the context of Indigenous knowledge systems / Roseanna Avento
  • Hurdles in commercialization of tribal and Indigenous knowledge-derived technologies / David R. Katerere, Wendy Applequist, and Trish Flaster
  • The state of traditional leadership in South Africa from colonialism and apartheid to democracy / Mothusiotsile E. Maditsi, David R. Katerere, and Phillip F. Iya
  • A brief survey of early Indigenous knowledge which influenced modern agronomic practices / Estonce T. Gwata
  • Applications of Indigenous knowledges in the 21st century / Soul Shava and Chamunorwa Togo

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