6: Selected Indigenous Science and Technologies

Vocabulary flashcards covering key definitions, concepts, and Filipino inventors in Indigenous Science and Technology from Lecture 06.

Indigenous Science

A product of indigenous knowledge perfected by people through life experiences, which includes superstitious beliefs and practices that may be products of human imagination.

Indigenous Technology

Processes or products which are the results of studying indigenous science.

Weather Prediction through Animal Behavior

An aspect of indigenous science where observing animal actions, such as cows laying down or squirrels nesting higher, is used to predict weather conditions and seasons.

Herbolarios

Filipino traditional medical practitioners who prescribed medicinal plants and herbs, whose practices were documented by Spanish missionaries from the 17th to the 19th century.

Ma. Mercedes G. Planta

The author of Traditional Medicine in the Colonial Philippines 16th to the 19th Century, documenting historical Filipino medical practices.

Pedro Flores

The Filipino innovator associated with the yoyo as an indigenous technology.

Dr. Fe Del Mundo

The Filipino pediatrician who invented a medical incubator as an indigenous technology.

Dr. Abelardo Aguilar

The Filipino scientist who discovered the antibiotic Erythromycin.

Ruperta David

The creator of Tentay Patis who commercialized fish sauce in the Philippines starting in 1949.

Maria Orosa y Ylagan

The Filipino food technologist and scientist who invented banana catsup.

Rolando Dela Cruz

The Filipino inventor who developed an anti-cancer cream mole remover known as Dewart and won the WIPO Most Outstanding Invention of the Year in 2008.

Diosdado Banatao

The Filipino inventor who developed the 16-bit microchip.

Soil Types in Indigenous Science

The identification and classification of soil into categories such as Sand, Silt, and Clay.