Institute of Biology, University of Rzeszów, ul. Zelwerowicza 4/D9, 35-601, Rzeszow, Poland.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2023 Sep 8;19(1):37. doi: 10.1186/s13002-023-00604-5.
In this essay, I claim that the primary aim of ethnobiological research is now to document disappearing traditional knowledge. This is an absolute priority due to the rate at which biocultural biodiversity in the world is disappearing. Rather than diverting our efforts into inflating the theoretical part of ethnobotany, we should concentrate on knowledge documentation to facilitate its circulation in the communties that hold it or at least to preserve it for future generations, even in the static form of databases or video recordings.
在这篇文章中,我主张民族生物学研究的主要目标现在是记录正在消失的传统知识。由于世界生物文化多样性正在以惊人的速度消失,这是当务之急。我们不应将精力转移到膨胀民族植物学的理论部分,而应集中精力记录知识,以促进其在持有知识的社区中传播,或者至少将其保存下来供后代使用,即使是以数据库或视频记录的静态形式。