Editing Indigenous Knowledge Systems (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Western Science vs. IKS
! Feature !! Western Science !! Indigenous Knowledge
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| Focus || Universal / Abstract / General || Local / Specific / Place-based
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| Transmission || Written / Formal / School || Oral / Experiential / Family
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| View of Nature || A "Machine" to be "Controlled" || A "Family" to be "Respected"
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| Speed of Change || Fast (New theories replace old) || Slow (Cumulative / Ancient)
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| Analogy || A 'Computer' || A 'Tree' with deep roots
|}

'''The Concept of "Biopiracy"''': Analyzing "The Theft of Knowledge." When a "Scientist" goes to the "Amazon," learns about a "Medicine" from a "Shaman," and then "Patents the Molecule" in the US, who "Owns" that knowledge? IKS argues for "Community Rights" rather than "Individual Patents."
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