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The ethnobotanical use of medicinal plants in the Abras de Mantequilla wetland and its area of influence was determined, a total of 46 analytical surveys were applied, 39 species, 36 genera and 28 families of plants for medicinal use were recorded, the species with the highest frequency were Cymbopogon citratus, Origanum vulgare and Valeriana officinalis, diseases of the gastrointestinal category obtained the highest percentage of cure of plant species, the highest percentage of treatment were the preparation by cooking, C, citratus, O, vulgare and V, officinalis registered the highest Use Value Index (IVU), Relative Species Knowledge (RVU) and Significant Use of Tramil (UST). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Qualitative research that investigates the knowledge and cultural practices of the diaguita women of the Chilean northern Chico and their relationship with ancestral medicine. The diaguita have been made invisible as protagonists of the healing processes, in an andro-centered and subalternizing treatment, which contrasts with the abundant evidence on the importance of women in the survival of ancestral medicine. The methodology was based on a feminist ethnography carried out in the regions of Atacama and Coquimbo (Chile), between 2021 and 2023, with traditional diaguita authorities. The results show the characteristics, elements and strategies used in the healing processes developed by diaguita women, also highlighting the importance of medicinal plants. It is concluded that the diaguita are carriers and transmitters of ancestral knowledge and traditional practices in a matrilineal and intergenerational manner, establishing ancestral medicine as a form of decolonizing cultural resistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article explored the challenges and opportunities associated with promoting cultural inclusion in educational settings. Significant challenges were identified as the lack of educational materials focused on ethnic and cultural diversity and the need to master inclusive pedagogical strategies. Opportunities to enrich the educational environment with many cultural perspectives and traditions, which promotes more complete and meaningful learning, were emphasized. The work aims to synthesize the influence of cultural diversity in the learning process of students in the 5th year of general basic education in the Simón Bolívar Millennium Educational Unit. A close link was established between the distinctive characteristics of each culture present in the school environment and the learning process. The importance of understanding and valuing cultural differences to promote an inclusive and equitable educational environment was recognized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Backgrounds and aims: The ethnobotanical heritage of the Huarpe community has not yet been documented, and could be lost. The objective of the work was to compile the medicinal ethnobotanical knowledge of the Huarpe Nation People of San Luis (Argentina) of the La Represita area, through dialogical meetings between the members of the community and the university. M&M: The fieldwork included semi-structured interviews and surveys of 31 residents, three workshops with the local educational community, and two meetings open ti the entire population. An analysis of the medicinal uses of local plant resources was carried out, which included the calculation of ethnobotanical indices: Relative frequency of citation, Fidelity level, Use Value and Novelty index. Results: The number of taxa used by the inhabitants for medicinal purposes was 48 and the most used parts of the plants were the leaves and stems, mainly in the form of infusion. Through the calculation of ethnobotanical indices, it was obtained that the aromatic plants were particularly important as medicinal resources. Fourteen medicinal and three veterinary etic categories were registered, the most prominent being those related to human digestive and respiratory disorders. Conclusions: Huarpe inhabitants of San Luis, and particularly women, treasure important knowledge about medicinal plants that are part of the actions of their daily life. For this reason, it is important to continue research through new studies that include the residents of the Huarpe Pinkanta community of San Luis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Shipibo-Konibo indigenous nation, settled mainly on the banks of the Ucayali River, is one of the most numerous in the Peruvian Amazon. This article proposes, based on the cosmogony of the ancient Meraya sages (visionary doctors of the Shipibo nation), a philosophical reflection on the possible ecological and ethical contributions of Shipibo perspectivism. The text argues that the notion of perspective (as understood by the Brazilian anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro (2013)) has an equivalence in the Shipibo concept of Nete, which is usually translated into English as world. The ancestral conception, according to which there are many interrelated worlds, proposes an ethical and ecological requirement for human beings in which no one ethical perspective can be imposed abusively over others. The present philosophical reflections are based on extensive fieldwork, with ethnographic rigour, and on a sustained interpretative study of the oral narratives of the Shipibo-Konibo people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The present study treats on the ancestral traditions in the maternal care in indigenous communities of the Ecuadorian mountain. We aim to find what factors of the ancestral medicine determine the preference in the indigenous women to the moment of the childbirth. For the development of this proposal, interviews and questionnaires were applied to 23 mothers and 3 midwives which identified themselves as indigenous or mestizoes. The data were processed by means of neutrosophic cognitive maps, which allowed us to discover four fundamental factors of preference. We concluded that if the centers of health are able to apply and to respect the ancestral knowledge in the institutions, a bigger quantity of pregnat indigenous women would go to there to give birth. This study allowed us to understand and to revise the cultural aspects and customs that influence in the processes of the pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium in the comunity we study on. This knowledge allowed us to structure strategies that can be incorporated to the academic environment to reach better results in the indicators of mother's health at local and national level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This work presents the perception and valuation of the forests of "Queuñas" (Polylepis tomentella Wedd) by the aboriginal community of the Kolla People of Quebraleña, Jujuy, Argentina. The objective was to develop an ethnobiological approach on the perception of the local inhabitants to see and demonstrate the valuation and existing links between the Quebraleña Community and the Polylepis forests. This study arises from the local demand wishing to demonstrate the importance of the forests in their communal territory. To obtain the information of the local perception on the intrinsic, relational and instrumental valuations, several methodologies were used such as; semi-structured interviews, participant observation, oral history recording, participatory workshops and ethnobotanical walks. Through all of them, the following topics were developed: importance, use of the species and care associated, location of forests, governance, transmission of knowledge and presence of these trees in the biocultural memory. From the ancestral knowledge of the inhabitants of the aboriginal community of Quebraleña, a very close link between the forests and the life cycles of people is described, from birth to after death. The knowledge about the "Queuñas" is passed down through generations and is part of the biocultural heritage of the population. There is a positive assessment by the community about the importance of these trees, showing a broad commitment to conserve them and great concern about the dangers that threaten them. Forests and people show a close association, which is endangered when ecosystems are threatened. The aboriginal community of Quebraleña recognizes the forests of "Queuñas" as part of its own identity. The contributions of different perspectives that provide different worldviews, interests and values, such as indigenous knowledge, are very substantial inputs to be included in addition to the classic ecology of a forest when making management decisions. This complementarity of knowledge between Western science and ancestral knowledge are useful and effective for the preservation of cultural biodiversity, local environmental heritage and promote the sustainable use of nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article proposes an analysis and reflection about the construction of a New Horizon of Historical Meaning in defense of Life-Earth in Nuestra America. This is based on the recovery of ancestral knowledge, substantiated on a critique of the coloniality of power, specifically the coloniality of knowledge, time and the relations established with nature. From the everyday practices of the people and the liberating potential they have. It is, therefore, a bet to continue strengthening dialogues of knowledge that do not foresee the "scientific" knowledge as unique and indisputable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The shipibo-konibo people are one of the most numerous in the Peruvian Amazon. They belong to the pano language family and are mainly located on the banks of the Ucayali and Pisqui rivers. The present work raises the necessity to investigate the shipibo-konibo people from inside their own rationalities, without imposing eurocentric categories and raising a way of intercultural academic writing that allows the indigenous knowledges to express themselves without losing their poetic and narrative temperament. It is proposed that the dream is considered by the traditional doctors Onanya as a tool epistemologically valid to access to knowledge. In addition, it allows the physician to link with his ancestors and receive his spiritual strength. The ancestral memory is not a closed archive, which we review with an archaeological or museum interest; on the contrary, it is something dynamic, which is updated in our dreams and continues to respond to the concerns of our present. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper assesses how the law and the 1980 Constitution deal with nature. This view contrasts with the perspective of the philosophies of the indigenous Andean and Mapuche peoples which consider the interrelation, interdependence and reciprocity in the relationships between society and nature. From the standpoint of the environmental problems that science has systematized and that affect the world and the country, this paper puts forward proposals for a new configuration for issues concerning the environment and nature in the Constitution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article presents an account of the memory an historic experience of the Wampis people through different political regimes that have tried to influence and intervene in the governance of the ancestral territory. It wants to offer a vision of their interaction with these regimes, taking as a startpoint their collective memory. The article collects some of the central characteristics of the Wampis' experience in handling and defending their territory facing the institutional changes that are lived in the high Amazon. So, the article takes into account the problems related to the intensification of the influence of the national Peruvian state and the trade pressure that tries to make deep changes in the territory, due to the extension of legal and illegal border economies, as well as demographic changes. Then, the article shows the response of Wampis, which conforms their proposal of an autonomous territorial government. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we present a study on the teaching-learning process of the llano work songs of the Colombian-Venezuelan Orinoquia Region which were declared Intangible Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture of Colombia in 2014 and as Cultural and Intangible World Heritage by UNESCO in 2017. The methodology is developed from the qualitative paradigm, descriptive-interpretive type with focus on case study. The quantitative-qualitative methods were the semistructured survey, the participant observation and the interview. The study was mainly focused on the elderly and carriers of ancestral knowledge, called Llaneros Facultos. This study allowed us to design proposals of the pedagogical processes that occur during the teaching and learning of the songs through of observation, imitation, repetition and memorization in context. We concluded that is necessary to re-signify, value and rescue the cultural heritage so that the new generations find meaning and applicability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Native handicrafts from the province of Santa Elena in Ecuador have managed to remain in force despite the demand for objects manufactured in series with the use of technology, due to the skill of its artisans and the ancestral knowledge they apply to them. The research sought to demonstrate the potential of craftsmanship as an attraction in the study area, carrying out a bibliographic and empirical methodology with the application of surveys to the main stakeholders in this sector. The results show the importance, motivations, distribution of spending per purchase that people have, as well as the scope of advertising of handicrafts. Visitors constantly request products made with toquilla straw and vegetable ivory (tagua), representative of this coastal area, for its authenticity, there being little information provided by the entities in charge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the present manuscript was to expose the importance that ethnomedicine has as a foundation for cultural identity and the discovery of new drugs, with a focus on the Ecuadorian Amazon and the use of guayusa (Ilex guayusa Loes.). Since the beginning of history, human beings have used natural elements for their own benefit, mainly in the area of health and nutrition. Plants are a resource that has played a substantial role in the development of civilizations because of their importance within the cultural identity of various human settlements, being ethnobotany and ethnomedicine two disciplines that are very established at the level of Latin America due to the tradition that characterizes Aboriginal peoples. In Ecuador, the use of plants for medical and traditional purposes has been extensively documented, determined that its main application is as a treatment for "supernatural" diseases. In the Ecuadorian Amazon, infusion of guayusa (Ilex guayusa Loes.) is consumed in various ethnic groups, as it claims to have stimulating effects and provides different health benefits. However, its existence and therefore cultural practices that are developed around consumption of guayusa are threatened by climate change and the devastating effects that are evident in the Ecuadorian forests. In conclusion, guayusa has a vital importance in medicine and culture in the indigenous Amazonian cultures of Ecuador; likewise, the scientific study of this plant will not only lay the foundations for the development of drugs and similar compounds, but will also allow us to understand the reason for its prolonged use, and thus promote its use and conservation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research experience arises from the need to consider the importance and usefulness of studying gold in the Field of Science Teaching within the educational context of teaching chemistry. The general purpose is to characterize the contributions of the identity heritage that may be established from the intercultural tension points between ancestral knowledge and the scientific knowledge on the case of gold in Colombia among middle school students. The research is qualitative in nature, and it follows the social-critical paradigm. It involved ten-grade students from a school in Bogotá, who took part in a number of purposeful activities developed through a didactic unit. The experiences were documented in video and audio, and the theory related to intercultural education, sociology of science, knowledge ecology, Epistemologies of the South, Heritage Teaching, and Science Teaching was considered for the analysis. The findings made it possible to identify in students the existence of internal and external intercultural tensions regarding the aspects of social events, western culture, ancestral knowledge and scientific knowledge, and their relationship with heritage identity levels: absent, latent, patent and extended for the case of gold. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Design curriculum from a cultural perspective Zenú community in the area of Natural Sciences and Environmental Education emerges as through the design of a curriculum at Zenú ethnicity teaching of natural sciences potentiates and also the study of ancestral knowledge of this community and cultural identity. Therefore, the objective of designing a curriculum from the natural sciences to generate new knowledge, responding to the interests and needs of ethnicity, and educational institutions, framed this in an endogenous education system, rescuing their worldview and contrasting curricula raised schools to evaluate the work of the indigenous component in education that young people receive. Analyzing the importance of working contextualized curricula that prioritize the needs, taking into account the knowledge present in the community giving participation to community agencies, to identify themselves and that is the same population that have the ability to intervene from different areas education, which are not restricted in school generated contrast and evaluation of old curricula and transformation of these best looking quality of life of this population. This research is designed under the criteria of ethnographic research, qualitative approach. Obtaining detailed descriptions of situations, events, people, interactions and behaviors that are observable, presenting a curriculum from ancestral knowledge, based on the collected and analyzed information in the educational context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For several decades now Latin America came out of the "Central European" colonialism, as Dussell calls it; however, an attitude of "coloniality" is maintained, understood as an extensive process of hegemonic control of the imposition of knowledge, practices and cultural forms in all fields of social life, while despising and disregarding indigenous values, the ancestral and popular knowledge that Boaventura de Sousa Santos names with the metaphor of "the epistemologies of the south"; that is to say, those epistemologies of who have had no voice or vote in the transcendental decisions of social, economic, political and cultural life, such as those dispossessed, marginalized from society, peasants, indigenous, Afro-descendants, homosexuals, among others. The ones responsible for this colonialist attitude have not only been governments which, through bilateral and multilateral agreements and treaties with the hegemonic powers, finance projects of various kinds and impose their criteria and interests in the various fields of economy, politics and education. But also education itself has had responsibility in this process. The knowledge imparted in the universities is hegemonic and colonizing, that comes from Europe and North America. For this reason, the science and knowledge produced in these regions must be constructed for its validity, with the epistemologies and methodologies of these powers; while cultural, popular and ancestral knowledge, are considered epistemological obstacles that cannot coexist and interact with the epistemology of classical science. This is why the University also has to "decolonize" its knowledge to reach a transcultural space that includes all those popular and traditional knowledge and worldviews so they can be considered as equals, in a dialogue of knowledge within the processes of formation and learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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