Sentences with phrase «ancestral knowledge»

Drawing on ancestral knowledge in conversation with Huitoto and Tikuna women, indigenous communities native to the Amazon, eleven botanical species were identified along with the alchemical processes for the use of their pigments on natural fibers such as fique, cotton, and paper.

Ancestral Computing for sustainability is an ecosystems approach to solving complex problems by interweaving Ancestral Knowledge Systems and computer science.

Central to the Palma Rodríguez's practice is an emphasis on indigenous ancestral knowledge, both as an integral part of contemporary life and a way of shaping the future.

In regions were people (such as the Sentinelese in the Andaman Islands) relied on ancestral knowledge there were hardly any deaths.

We need to reclaim that ancestral knowledge for our own health.

In the presence of the authorities and distinguished figures, the Basque Government's Councillor for Economic Development and Infrastructure, Arantxa Tapia, awarded the Colombian chef Leonor Espinosa with the prize for her work within Funleo, a «Gastronomy for Development» foundation that aims to restore and promote the ancestral knowledge of communities, especially indigenous and afro - Colombian populations.

In practice, she supports local ethnic communities, particularly Afro - Colombian peoples, with programs to help them to revive and preserve their ancestral knowledge and ingredients (many of which have become forgotten or disused), nurturing sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship, and helping them find routes to market.

Through the Funleo foundation, Espinosa revives the ancestral knowledge and know - how of mainly indigenous and Afro - Colombian peoples.

Therefore, we should take a look at the traditional wisdom on skin care and then see if modern science supports the ancestral knowledge.

Those gaps in ancestral knowledge are the direct result of families being murdered and wiped from the historical record, never to be fully known or remembered by their descendants.

By exploring decolonization through movement, Rubbertime endeavors to slowly tap into buried and ancestral knowledge and to ultimately undo the damage of assimilation.

Because we lost most of our ancestral knowledge when our forefathers destroyed indigenous cultures, modern - day foragers are tasked with salvaging what scraps of information we have left.

«Once you discover the source, rewrite the truth and bring forth the wisdom of our elders and ancestral knowledge to restore what was rightfully ours in the first place.

Our work has been deeply informed by convenings of Indigenous women elders, where we have sought to honor their ancestral knowledge while also lifting up their matriarchal roles in their various communities.