ethnoscience

is concerned with the taxonomy and classification of indigenous systems (i.e. Plants, animals, religion and life) in a way that excludes all observations, interpretations and or any personal notions belonging to the ethnographer.

Often referred to as 'indigenous knowledge,' 'cultural grammars' 'semantic universe of systems of knowledge' Ethnoscience introduces a perspective based on native perceptions. Ethnoscience. 'Ethnoscience is a new term and study that came into anthropological theory in the 1960s. Often referred to as 'indigenous knowledge,' Ethnoscience introduces a perspective based on native perceptions. It is based on a complete emic perspective, which excludes all observations, interpretations and or any personal notions belonging to the ethnographer. The taxonomy and classification of indigenous systems, to name a few, used to categorize plants, animals, religion and life is adapted from a linguistic analysis.' (wikipedia)

is often referred to as 'indigenous knowledge' and is a perspective based on native perceptions.

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ethnoscience