GE STS Flashcards
(48 cards)
Is embedded in the cultural traditions,
indigenous, or local communities which is orally passed on and are evident in their stories,
poems, and songs.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM
is a system that develops alternative ideas in explaining
various phenomena and the world. It is a knowledge accumulated over time and being
transmitted from one generation to next via mouth to mouth.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
is
passed on in various performances such as oral traditions in stories, song, dance,
ceremonies, rituals, community laws, language and classification. It is deeply rooted and
continuously changing practices may be observed with generations that include
cosmological observations, means of communication, agricultural practices, hunting and
gathering skills, pottery and herbal practices.
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
An interlink between the lessons learned and their culture
and environment is observed
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
*Prediction of weather and seasons
* Using herbal medicines
* Preserving foods
* Agricultural practices – farming, fishing
* Indigenous technology – pottery, weaving
* Metallurgy
* Producing wines
* Building houses
PREDICTION OF WEATHER AND SEASONS
Pwek ni Kiling
shining moon with
a rainbow encircling means a rain is
coming
PREDICTION OF WEATHER AND SEASONS
Appearance of Orion constellation
would mean ready for rice planting
PREDICTION OF WEATHER AND SEASONS
Unusual behavior of ants,
earthworms, birds,
heron/honeybees
will predict an
upcoming rain, typhoon, or bad
weather
People who use herbal medicine to heal
Herbal Healers
are the most common part
utilize while decoction is the usual
preparation
Leaves
PREDICTION OF WEATHER AND SEASONS
Ripening and shedding of fruit
plants like jatropa, sineguelas
would mean onset of rainy season.
is the general term used in
Cordillera referring to native’s
traditional way of preserving pork
which a slab of pork is cured in salt
for a week or longer then sun dried
or smoked for several weeks or
both.
Etag
is a wild yam snack which are
sun dried prepared by Tagbanua
people
kurot
Example of AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (FARMING)
- Rice terracing
- Slash and burn farming
- Intercropping
Agricultural Practices (Fishing) uses the following methods:
nets
spears
traps
poison
Common hunting activities include
Pangangaso
Paninilo
Pangangati
(hunting of wildboar,
monkey and dear)
Pangangaso
(setting of traps for
wildboar and wildcats)
Paninilo
(hunting of red jungle
fowl/labuyo); involves sagar (fowl
traps
pangangati
was done to meet their body’s protein requirement and came up with
various techniques and tools that they can use.
Hunting
has been part of their lives and
mostly women take part in this activity.
They developed looms for weaving textiles
like the Harablon
Weaving
a crude hand loom
made form cultivated cotton trees.
Harablon
started as early as 6000 BC in
Sulu and Cagayan and women were
mostly involved in the process. Pottery
became part of their lives for varied
purposes:
cooking vessels (palayok)
-storage container (banga)
is the raw material in making pots
and consistently used as material in
pottery which are dried, and fired into a
vessel.
clay
