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Drought is a common phenomenon that affects more people within the context of Africa than any other disaster. Likewise, drought is an extreme and common occurrence within the lowland areas of Chipinge district in Zimbabw...

Technological-based early warning systems (EWS) in rural Indonesia have shown limited long-term adoption because centralised, top-down mechanisms fail to incorporate the contextual triggers trusted by local communities, ...

The growing number of indigenous students enrolled in graduate programs in anthropology is spawning a grouping of indigenous intellectual who, bringing their own knowledge to academia, have great potential to challenge t...

Abstract Background Despite growing attention to equity and cultural safety in medical education, Indigenous methodologies remain largely absent from the core structure of clinical training in Canada and America. Current...

Anchote (Coccinia abyssinica (Lam.) Cogn.) is an indigenous and commonly cultivated root crop in Ethiopia that is highly valued for its nutritional, medicinal, and socioeconomic benefits. Despite its importance, the crop...

O artigo concentra-se nas representações da ‘alteridade cultural’ no âmbito de discursos, propostas e intervenções para o desenvolvimento das populações etnicamente diferenciadas que norteiam o atual ‘campo ...

Ethnomathematics, which integrates mathematical practices grounded in cultural traditions, has gained prominence as an approach to fostering culturally responsive learning in elementary mathematics education. This system...

While work on sacred spaces has persisted for decades, their agency in mitigating climate change remains less explored, especially from indigenous communities’ perspectives. The article unpacks the concept of Ndau mar...

Abstract Northern Ghana faces acute climate vulnerabilities, yet adaptation pathways remain fragmented and poorly synthesized. This study systematically reviewed 15 peer-reviewed literature covering the Savannah, Upper E...

Abstract In the present study, anthelmintic activities of Arundo (A.) donax L., Areca (Ar.) catechu L., and Ferula (F.) assa-foetida L. were determined. Leaves of A. donax L., latex of F. assa-foetida L. and seeds of Ar....

This study explores the opportunities and challenges facing African businesses in contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within the frameworks of Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063, ...

Rural women in developing countries often face significant barriers to employment, income generation, and access to productive resources. In Iran, medicinal plants (MPs) cultivation offers a sustainable pathway toward ec...

This research investigates the capacity of incorporating indigenous knowledge into the traditional craft of Batik Pekalongan to promote character education and facilitate learning. Batik Pekalongan, an Indonesian textile...

Abstract The Murujuga Archipelago, Western Australia, hosts over one million petroglyphs that preserve indigenous knowledge spanning 50,000 years. This globally significant and newly UNESCO-listed world heritage site is ...

OS CONHECIMENTOS e o papel de populações tradicionais com relação a seus recursos genéticos são hoje reconhecidos na Convenção da Diversidade Biológica (CDB). O acordo TRIPS e a CDB estão levando o Brasil e mui...

Fil: Gómez Mont, Carmen. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; México. Esta investigación tiene como principal objetivo realizar una primera aproximación a la formación de prácticas de información y comunicac...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of hum...

Ladislav Holy argues in this paper that by virtue of the self-defining character of human activities, anthropological interpretation could proceed only on the basis of understanding indigenous categories and analysing ac...

Abstract Abstract: Recent international relations (IR) scholarship has developed a growing awareness of this discipline’s colonial roots, prompting a search for decolonising approaches. This article is about indigenous...

This study examined teachers’ pedagogical strategies for adapting non-indigenous and indigenous species in teaching the classification of living things in Biology. The research was guided by connectivism learning theor...

Abstract Background Cerebral palsy (CP) registers serve as instrumental tools to support development of care pathways, preventative strategies, and health gains. Such health gains, however, are not always universal, wit...

In recent years, members of many native peoples have enrolled in Brazilian universities after a long struggle and state changes concerning their right to assess specific policies. Previously limited, the indigenous prese...

Ethnomedicinal information that exists with individuals from diverse regions is rapidly dwindling owing to a lack of interest among the young in imbibing traditional information from elderly home herbal healers, which is...