Indigenous Science and Technology in the Philippines PDF

SCITESO REVIEWER MODULE 1 INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES **INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE-** the foundation of indigenous science. **INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM** - Deeply rooted in the daily lives of young children, who grow up in a society where community members practice it...

SCITESO REVIEWER MODULE 1 INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES **INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE-** the foundation of indigenous science. **INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM** - Deeply rooted in the daily lives of young children, who grow up in a society where community members practice it. - Parents and elders -- serve as first teachers who effective transmit cultural knowledge (deeply intertwined with their culture and environment, encompassing value, life stories and reflections on nature) - Evident in their stories, poems and songs highlighting their connection to their culture and environment. *EX:* - *Practicing weather conditions and seasons using knowledge in observing animals behave and celestial bodies.* - *Using herbal medicines* - *Preserving foods* - *Classifying plants and animals into families and groups based on cultural properties.* **INDIGENOUS SCIENCE**- is a part of the indigenous knowledge system practiced by different groups of people and early civilizations. - It includes complex arrays of knowledge, expertise, practices, and representations that guide human societies in their enumerable interactions with the natural milieu: agriculture, medicine, naming and explaining natural phenomena, and strategies for coping with changing environments. INDIGENOUS SCIENCE - Uses: Science Process Skills - Guided by: Community Culture and Values - Composed of: Traditional Knowledge INDIGENOUS SCIENCE USES [PROCESS SKILLS] *EX:* - *Observing* - *Comparing* - *Classifying* - *Measuring* - *Problem-solving* - *Inferring* - *Communicating* - *Predicting* LAWS AND STRATEGIES IN THE PHILIPPINE IN CONSERVING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.) **EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 247 OF 1995** \- Prescribing guidelines and establishing a regulatory framework for the prospecting of biological and genetic resources, their by-products and derivatives, for scientific and commercial purposes; and for other purposes. 2.) **REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8371** \- An act to recognize, protect and promote the rights of indigenous cultural communities/indigenous people, creating a national commission on indigenous people, establishing implementing mechanisms, appropriating funds thereof, and other purpose. 3.) **REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8423** \- An act creating the Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care (PITAHC) to accelerate the development of traditional and alternative health care in the Philippines, providing for a traditional and alternative health care development fund and for other purposes. 4.) **REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9168** \- An act to provide protection to new plant varieties, establishing a national plant variety protection board and for other purposes.