Departamento de Ecologia E Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário S/N, Florianópolis, SC, 88040-900, Brazil.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2024 Jan 4;20(1):5. doi: 10.1186/s13002-023-00641-0.
In this essay, for the debate series of Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, I argue against the oversimplified causal argument that the maintenance of local and traditional knowledge systems is related to less advantaged circumstances. This statement is based on a colonialist perspective of what a less advantageous circumstance is, which is being questioned by several authors. It also ignores the struggles and resistance of traditional knowledge holders and the urgent call for socioenvironmental justice. As an ethnobiologist, I argue that we must face this reality to build science with justice and inclusiveness.
在这篇文章中,作为《民族生物学与民族医学杂志》辩论系列的一部分,我反对将地方和传统知识体系的维持与较不利的情况相关的这种过于简单的因果关系论点。这种说法基于一种殖民主义观点,即什么是较不利的情况,而这一观点受到了几位作者的质疑。它也忽略了传统知识持有者的斗争和反抗,以及社会环境正义的迫切呼吁。作为一名民族生物学家,我认为我们必须面对这一现实,以建立公正和包容的科学。