Knowra Traditional knowledge Traditional knowledge Traditional knowledge is knowledge developed and passed between generations within communities, often through practice and demonstration. It can include ecological, medicinal, agricultural, and cultural knowledge.
Oral tradition : The transmission of cultural material through spoken language across generations. Stories, instruction, and memory carry knowledge where written records are absent or secondary.
Traditional ecological knowledge : Knowledge and practices concerning relationships among living beings, ecosystems, and environmental change, maintained across generations. It applies community knowledge to observing and caring for ecosystems.
Nagoya Protocol : An international agreement governing access to genetic resources and the fair sharing of benefits from their use. Its rules address access to associated traditional knowledge and benefit-sharing.
Scientific knowledge : Knowledge developed through systematic observation, testing, and explanation using scientific methods. Its formal methods and institutions differ from many community-based paths of knowledge transmission.
Situated learning : Learning through participation in social activities and the settings where knowledge is used. Skills often pass through shared work rather than formal lessons.
Ethnobotany : The study of how people use and understand plants, including for food, medicine, materials, and ritual. Plant knowledge is a well-documented domain of community-based expertise.
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples : A 2007 United Nations declaration setting out standards for the rights of Indigenous peoples. It affirms Indigenous peoples’ rights to maintain, control, protect, and develop their knowledge.
Western science : The modern scientific tradition associated with European intellectual history and its global institutions and methods. Comparing it with traditional knowledge exposes distinct histories and standards of authority.
Tacit knowledge : Knowledge that is difficult to express fully in words and is often acquired through experience. Demonstration can convey practical know-how that explanations alone cannot capture.
Traditional medicine : Health practices and knowledge rooted in cultural traditions and passed across generations. Healing traditions apply inherited knowledge to illness, wellbeing, and care.
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