Indigenous Knowledge and Importance
Presented By:Kailash Soni
PGP-2, IIMA
Agenda
What is Indigenous knowledgeDifference with Scientific/Western
KnowledgeThreats to indigenous knowledgeBiases with the bottom of the pyramidWays to improve these biasesConservation of Indigenous knowledge
Indigenous knowledge
Traditional KnowledgeRelated to a community or a cultureRespect for the earthContemporary knowledge is also
sometimes a part of Indigenous knowledge
Decreasing number of traditional group/societies
Indigenous knowledge Vs Scientific knowledge
Methodological and epistemological grounds
Contextual groundsSubstantive grounds
Threats to indigenous knowledge
Prior informed consent considered not necessary
Pressures of modernization and cultural homogenization
Macro-level problems are supposed to be solved by global pool of knowledge
Continued neglect of international institutions of ethical and professional rights of local communities
Very few Institutions supportive of grass-root innovations and traditional knowledge
Biases with bottom of the pyramid
Low confidenceImproper knowledge of their rightsLower SavingsLesser planning to achieve goalsApply indigenous knowledge personally,
but very less options of taking them ahead
What can remove these biases
EducationFormation of institutional windows (like
NIF) of opportunity to carry ideas and traditional knowledge
To ignore people’s knowledge is almost to ensure failure in development (Brokensha et al. 1980)
Conservation of Indigenous knowledge
Documentation, storage in international, regional and national archives
Formation of more foundations like NIF which can carry grassroot level innovations ideas forward
To ignore people’s knowledge is almost to ensure failure in development (Brokensha et al. 1980)
Thank You