INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PH

INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES

CONCLUSION

indigenous science is important that it helped the people in understanding the natural environment and in coping with everyday life.

INDIGENOUS SCIENCE

uses SCIENCE PROCESS SKILLS

INDIGENOUS BELIEFS

guided by COMMUNITY CULTURE AND VALUES

composed of TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

According to Johnston (2000), indigenous beliefs also develop desirable values namely;

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM

motivating attitudes

cooperating attitudes

practical attitudes

reflective attitudes

EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

prediction of weather

http://dynamicliquor.blogspot.com/2013/02/tapey-of-igorot.html

http://ncca.gov.ph/subcommissions/subcommission-on-cultural-communities-and-traditional-arts-sccta/central-cultural-communities/the-ati-of-negros-and-panay/

using herbal medicine

http://philippinesociology.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/QUILO_Subanen-IKP-Article.pdf

http://nlpdl.nlp.gov.ph:81/CC01/NLP00VM052mcd/v1/v43.pdf

https://www.igorotage.com/blog/p/vZRQw/boni-traditional-igorot-healing-ritual

https://www.slideshare.net/jhayrmoja/ung-kauri-mo-teh

preserving of foods

classifying plants and animals into families

selecting good seeds for planting

REFERENCES

Serafica, Janice Patricia J., et al. Science, Technology, and

Society. Manila: REX Book Store, 2018.

https://www.benguet.gov.ph/index.php/municipalities/municipality-of-itogon/indigenous-knowledge

file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/AMD0/My%20Documents/Downloads/Ethnopharmacologic%20Documentation%20of.pdf

https://www.travel-palawan.com/cultural-heritage/indigenous-peoples/

https://pinoyfoodillustrated.blogspot.com/2016/09/etag.html

embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities

orally passed

evident in stories, poems, and songs

INDIGENOUS SCIENCE

EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE TAUGHT AND PRACTICED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

part of the indigenous knowledge system practiced by different groups of people and early civilizations

NORTH

agriculture

SOUTH

• banaue rice terraces

MEDICINE

• herbolarios

• tuob

• anino

NORTH

prediction of weather

• puwek ni kiling (storm of the kiling)

• shining moon with a rainbow encircling or a bloody red sunset

NORTH

producing wines

• tapey

VISAYAS

NORTH

houses

• built their houses on a hillside

LUZON

NORTH

MEDICINE

• 114 plants used by the Tadyawans

Indigenous People's Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA) (RA 8371)

SOUTH

agriculture

SOUTH

Houses

• swidden farming

• hut

• subanon house

• agricultural cycle: pendupi, miyan, pemeres

• the constellation Orion

technology

• pottery

NORTH

• weaving

preserving of foods

• finer metalcraft

technology

• etag

• sumbiring

• bidyo

MINDANAO

EXAMPLES OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

USING INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY

building local irrigation

classifying different types of soil for planting

producing wines from tropical fruits

SOUTH

Prediction of weather

keeping the custom of growing plants and vegetables

• kasili (mythical fish)

• during New Year, when the cow or horse eat grass, wail, it meant drought

• when the goats repeatedly wail, there will be landslide