Talk:Indigenous knowledge system
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As with Shamanism, indigenous knowledge systems encompass much more than traditional medicine. In fact, I've seen and heard them discussed in terms of ecology and resource management much more often than with medicine. They also encompass indigenous history are most often discussed in terms of local development. See for example the current projects of the UNESCO branch cited in the article. --Joe Quick 16:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Again, my reason for writing this was to fill in context for some other articles that are specifically in healing. Traditional African Medicine, in particular, but also European herbalism will depend on this area. As with shamanism, I am perfectly willing to rename this something along the lines of indigenous health knowledge system, fully understanding that not all cultures will separate "health" from "religion". Perhaps we could collaborate on both. The anthropological references I readily have available are specialized to medical or military contexts.
- Incidentally, you might want to look at/comment upon sympathetic magic, which is somewhat more general. I'd be interested in your thoughts. Howard C. Berkowitz 17:23, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
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