Is Pc part of this trend? (p.
Pc seems to fit all of these criteria
great quote at the bottom of p.15 contrasting IK and Science
hard to define
problematic
and bottom of p.16, 18
scientific knowledge
IK terminology
|    all
|        hard to define
|        problematic
|    contrasted with
|        scientific knowledge
between universal applicability and  complete local specificity lies IK  knowledge many find desreable and useful
Intro
|    Pc and its part in the rediscovery  and reinvention of IK
|        Is Pc part of this trend? (p.
|    10 point checklist
|        Pc seems to fit all of these criteria
|    class discussion
|        classification systems universal?
|        IK terminology
|    why not to codify IK
|        between universal applicability and  complete local specificity lies IK  knowledge many find desreable and useful
|        and bottom of p.16, 18
|        great quote at the bottom of p.15 contrasting IK and Science
no- Ellen and Harris
|    ????
|        check Ellen and Harris checklist  (p.4-5) #'s 3,6,
|        |    they say
|        |        IK is not a static Linnean taxonomy
|        |        IK cannot be codified and plants should not be patented
yes- Berlin
|    cognition
|        both tree-like
|        |    he says
|        |        we should defend the public  domain by patenting plants
|        |        there is a universal cognition  about the environment
|    nature
|        both tree-like
ECL 222 Oct 12th Indigenous Knowledge (IK)
|    General principles of Tzeltal plant  classification and nomenclature
|        Ch.2
|        |    Relevant Journals
|        |        Euphitica Genetic resource and crop evolution Ethnobiology Ag and human values Ag. systems and env. Human ecology
|        |        |    related to
|        |        |        ethnobotany ethnopedology
|        |    when studying a agro-ecosystem
|        |        looking at the results of human behaviour
|        |        |    assumes
|        |        |        goal is maximum production and minmizing costs and reducing risk
|        |        |        choices made to meet needs
|        |        |        rational choices made in resource allocation
|        |        |    but
|        |        |        how do we understand individual  motivations for this behaviour
|        |        |        |    ????
|        |        |        |        goal is maximum production and minmizing costs and reducing risk
|        |    TEK
|        |        a current issue because everyone wants intellectual property of crop, but especially,  pharmaceutical plants
|        |        |    ref.
|        |        |        Convention on Biological diversity
|        |        |        world Int. Prop. Org.
|        |    value of folk taxonomy/ ethnobotany
|        |        if you want to follow a  participatory  model of development
|        |        root of most of our  'scientific' taxonomy
|        |        real practical knowledge
|        |        good way to get started studying a new  research area one is interested in
|        |        |    ie.
|        |        |        to see someones world in the same level of detain in which we see it
|        |        |        still, this is either with material than non-material things
|    Indigenous environmental knowledge  and its transformations
|        Intro
how can an understanding of taxonomy inform this?
|    v
|        looking at the results of human behaviour
relevant journals