Exploring the Science of Vhavenda Traditional Architectural Design and Building Technology

2022 ◽  
pp. 162-184
Author(s):  
Thizwilondi Joanbeth Madima ◽  
Eric Ndivhuho Mathoho ◽  
Livhuwani Daphney Tshikukuvhe ◽  
Ekene Kingsley Amaechi
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge System ◽  
Different Shapes

Before now, historiographies and archival accounts of African innovations have often been told from mainly a Western and Eurocentric perspective. This chapter aims to expand this argument. It does this through a philosophical appraisal of the trajectory of progression in the traditional architectural designs and building technologies in the pre-colonial Vhavenda communities. This means exploring the scientific bases behind the progression of the different shapes and forms of the architectural designs and the building technology in the traditional Vhavenda communities. What counts is not whether these progressions have followed a Eurocentric notion of science, but rather unearthing the local rationale within which they are justified, and are hence ought to be regarded as “science.” Following these objectives, two questions are very important: (1) What are the major changes in the traditional Vhavenda architectural designs and building infrastructures? (2) How are these changes justified within the Vhavenda indigenous knowledge system?

scholarly journals Medical Ethnobiology and Indigenous Knowledge System Found In Darai Ethnic Group of Chitwan, Nepal

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manisha Poudel ◽  
Nanda Bahadur Singh
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Medicinal Purpose ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge System ◽  
Access To Health

The present study focuses on traditional usages of animals and plants species for medicinal purpose and indigenous knowledge system existent in Darai ethnic group of Mangalpur VDC, Chitwan, Nepal. A total of 28 animal species and 76 plant species were found to be used by Darai people to treat 22 and 36 different ailments, respectively. Darai people have their own indigenous knowledge for making various bamboo products and fishing equipments and local drink (moat/muna). The existence of knowledge associated with animals and plants and their medicinal utility is currently threatened mainly due to modernization, easy access to health services, lack of interest of youngsters, few local healers and fading of ethnic characters of Darai ethnic group. Thus, documentation of such knowledge has become an urgent need.Journal of Institute of Science and TechnologyVolume 21, Issue 1, August 2016, page: 103-111

scholarly journals Practice of indigenous knowledge system by the farmers in maintaining ecosystem in Bangladesh

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafizur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Organizational Participation ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge System ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
High Level ◽  
Moderate User ◽  
Rural Appraisal

The main focus of the study was to identify the indigenous knowledge system being used by the rural men in farming and household activities and also to examine its extent. Data were collected from Poba upazila under Rajshahi district and Gabtoli upazila under Bogra district in Bangladesh from 125 randomly selected rural men out of total population of 1,145 from 15 February to 14 May, 2009. The fifty potential indigenous knowledge systems were identified through participatory rural appraisal prior to finalizing the schedule. The findings reveal that greater proportion of rural men were illiterate, middle aged categories, small farmer category, medium agricultural and environmental knowledge category, high level farming experience, medium cosmopoliteness, medium communication exposure, no organizational participation and moderately favorable category. Among the 50 identified indigenous knowledge systems, ?Setting up bamboo sticks, branches of trees etc., in rice fields to let the birds sit and eat away insects? reached the highest extent of use by the farmers in agricultural practices. ?Soaking boro rice seeds in water for 1-3 days before sowing in the bed for rapid germination?, ?Drying mature bottle gourds (Lagenaria vulgaris) in the sun and storing the seeds inside without rupturing the fruits? and ?Keeping rice seedlings under shed for 1-2 days before transplanting for the purpose of increasing tolerance? took the 2nd, 3rd and 4th position regarding the extent of use. Considering farmers? practicing category, the highest proportion (47.2%) of the respondents belonged to the low user as compared to 39.2% in the moderate user and 13.6% in the high user. Recommendations were forwarded to the extension specialists, researchers and administrators to undertake desk and experimental research concerning indigenous knowledge systems.

scholarly journals Knowledge and awareness about indigenous knowledge system in dental practice - A survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽  
pp. 884-891
Author(s):  
Hariprasath T K ◽  
Lakshmi T ◽  
Gayatri Devi R
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
General Information ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Conventional Culture ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge System ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Dental Practices ◽  
Social Orders

Indigenous information frameworks structure the fundamental comprehension of conventional culture and aptitudes. These are old ways of thinking created by social orders and networks long accounts back. Nature and mountain encompassed individuals, as a rule, have the nearby clinical information and dealing with and settling on choices which are key in everyday life which is being known by everybody and being drilled. The point of the overview is to examine general information on Indigenous frameworks in Dental practices. Cross-sectional overview utilizing a poll of 12 inquiries which were embraced and changed from past investigations and structured in a less difficult inquiry led among the Undergraduates and Postgraduates of Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals. Among the absolute understudies, the dominant part of them know about the Indigenous Knowledge System (75%) and remaining need some more mindfulness projects and battles in Indigenous Knowledge System. The reports from the review presumed that Indigenous Knowledge Systems have a significant job in Dental practices and from the outcomes we can see that individuals are happy to utilize the customary plants and follow the conventional strategies in a day by day life.

scholarly journals Reconstructing a Fractured Indigenous Knowledge System

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-22
Author(s):  
Anselm Kole Jimoh
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge System ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge System

Afričko iskustvo kolonizacije zavijestilo je kulturu epistemološkog utišavanja afričke domorodačke epistemologije monokromatskom logikom zapadnog mišljenja. Sistematično je obezvrijedila afričke domorodačke sustave znanja time što je afrički intelektualni pogon predstavljala kao alogičan i ponekad primitivan. Odmah po kolonijalnom iskustvu, pokušaji nekih afričkih istraživača da utvrde dubinu afričkog obrazovanja razlomilo je afričke sustave znanja. Do toga je došlo jer su pokušali koristiti zapadnjačku logiku i modele kao paradigme za istraživanje, ispitivanje i ocjenjivanje afričke prakse znanja. U ovom istraživanju argumentiram za potrebu rekonstruiranja razlomljenog sustava afričkog domorodačkog znanja. Predstavit ću kako su sustavi afričkog domorodačkog znanja (AIKS), na što se u radu još referiram kao na afričku domorodačku epistemologiju, iskrivljeni i razlomljeni. Potom, predložit ću rekonstrukciju tako što ću artikulirati kako stječemo i ovjeravamo znanje u afričkoj domorodačkoj epistemologiji. Pod afričkom domorodačkom filozofijom podrazumijevam sustav istraživanja, razumijevanja, zaprimanja i označavanja afričke koncepcije zbilje koja je specifično afrička i filozofijska. S obzirom na to, primijenit ću filozofijsku metodologiju kritičke analize, evaluacije i rekonstrukcije u svrhu ocrtavanja pojmova domorodačkog sustava znanja (IKS), afričke domorodačke epistemologije, efekta kolonijalnog razlamanja, globalizacije te zapadnog uokvirenja sustava afričkog domorodačkog znanja. Donosim zaključak da je za rekonstruiranje afričke domorodačke epistemologije potrebno osloboditi je zapadnjačke paradigme procjenjivanja. Time bi se odrazio autentični uzorak afričke misli koji opisuje spoznavanje istinito za afričko iskustvo, kako u prošlosti tako i danas, bez da se drugi oblici spoznavanja podcjenjuju

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