LESSON 3: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND PRACTICES

The backbone of indigenous identity

Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices

Are traditional knowledge, skills & practices, and traditions

Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices

Knowledge System are learned through:

1) Experience

2) Oral knowledge/tradition

3) Storytelling

People who lives harmony in environment

Indigenous People

They survived without technologies

Indigenous People

They learn through observing and listening

Indigenous People

Indigenous people learn through _____ and _____

Observing and Listening

Nature of Indigenous People

1) Learn through experience and oral traditions

2) Community based and collective

3) Communal approach

4) Passed from elder to youth

They respected as primary keepers of knowledge due to their life experiences and wisdom

Elders

Elders teach not only practical skills but also teach moral lesson such as:

1) Respect

2) Patience

3) Responsibility

Example of Indigenous Practices

1) Farming

2) Herbal medicine and traditional healing

3) Weather forecasting using natural signs

4) Indigenous houses design adapted to climate

5) Craft and architecture

Many indigenous people rely on plants and herbs to treat sickness. They were organic but many people died due to _____

Unsanitary Practices

A country who still preserve herbal procedure

India

A traditional medicine

Ayurveda

Importance of IKSPs

1) Helps protect environment

2) Support food security and health

3) Preserve cultural identity

4) Offers sustainable solution

It employs community and maintain health care

Herbal Medicine

Importance of IKSP in Tourism

1) Provide authentic experiences for the tourists

2) Responsible and sustainable tourism

3) Cultural preservation is there

Example of Cultural Preservation

1) Guided Tours

2) Culinary Heritage

3) Craft and Architecture

4) Storytelling

How Tourism Helps Preserve IKSP

1) Promoting cultural pride

2) Contributing to economic incentives

3) Education and awareness

4) Inter-generational knowledge transfers

Example of Exploiting Cultural Identity

Dancing Rituals Daily

Danger of Over-Exploiting Culture

1) Cultural misinterpretation

2) Loss of privacy and dignity

3) Economic exploitation

4) Erosion of identity

How can tourism professional protects indigenous community?

1) Seek consent/permission

2) Ensure fair benefits sharing

3) Avoid over tourism

Challenges in Protecting Indigenous Community

1) Loss of ancestral land

2) Modernization and migration

3) Discrimination

4) Lack of documentation

5) Legal protection