Sistema Educativo Indígena Propio de ASATRIZY
This document is the written synthesis of the model of traditional education and training that we wish to…
Traditional knowledge
Epistemología Mapuche: sabiduría y conocimientos
Juan Ñanculef Huaiquinao2016
This is the first document that presents the Mapuche worldview and ways of thinking written by a member…
Healing through Nature. A Lesson from the traditional Ameru culture in Kenya
Ameru is a Bantu group of people currently living on Mount Kenya’s and Nyambene slopes in Kenya. The…
Territories of life. Exploring vitality of governance for conserved and protected areas
Dr. Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, co-founder, member of the Council of Elders, and Global Coordinator during the first 12 years…
Perfect order. Recognizing complexity in Bali
J. Stephen Lansing2013
Dr. J. Stephen Lansing, professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona, explains that along a typical Balinese…
Modern Science and the Dehumanization of Man
Philipe Sherrad critiques the empirico-rationalist philosophy that denies metaphysical knowledge, tracing its roots to 19th-century thinkers like Sir…
Science and Myth: The Hidden Connection
This essay has two main aims: the first is to expose the mythic basis of modern science. In…
Native and Western Science: Possibilities in a Dynamic Collaboration
Leroy Little Bear 2011
Leroy Little Bear is a Canadian indigenous people, member of the Black Foot tribe, professor at the University…
Te Ira Atua: The spiritual spark of the child
This paper explores the spiritual dimensions of traditional Māori ways of knowing the world and the child. It…
Los conocimientos tradicionales de los chamanes jaguares Yuruparí (Colombia)
Fundación Gaia Amazonia2015
In this short documentary, shamans from the banks of the Pirá Paraná River, from the Amazon basin, in…