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Pure and Applied Natural Science
One of the aims of the Natural Sciences is to produce pure knowledge motivated entirely by a sense of wonder and curiosity about the universe around us. However, the Natural Sciences are also very useful...
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What makes a natural science? Free
When you think about science what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Do you think of a slightly crazy 'mad professor' working alone in his lab surrounded by banks of sophisticated equipment plotting...
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Scope
What makes a natural science? We might think that the natural part is easy - the natural sciences study the natural world. The science bit might be a bit more complicated but we may be hopeful that there...
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Knowledge and Indigenous Societies
In recent years interest in indigenous societies has increased partly as a result of heightened awareness of injustices towards indigenous peoples perpetrated by national groups (both historically and......
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Knowledge and Indigenous Societies: Ethics
There are two related questions on this page: to what extent are we able to know about, or understand cultures different to our own? To what extent is it ethical for a dominant culture to assimilate customs,...
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Knowledge and Indigenous Societies: Methods and tools
Knowledge in indigenous societies is produced through active observation and experimentation. It is passed down through the generations using rituals, stories and objects. We have already explored the...
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Knowledge and Indigenous Societies: Perspectives
There are difficulties involved in studying culture. For example the investigators can never really step out of the culture in which they themselves were raised and therefore view other cultures through...
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Knowledge and Indigenous Societies: Scope 3 - Culture
An important feature of all communities is their culture. Having a common culture is a central characteristic of an indigenous community as well as being a feature of Western communities. On this page...
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Knowledge and Indigenous Societies: Scope 2 - Characteristics of Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous peoples often have unique ways of understanding the world around them. They create systems of knowledge that explain natural phenomena, religious experiences, healing practices and relationships...
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Knowledge and Indigenous Societies: Scope 1 - What are Indigenous Societies?
In recent years interest in indigenous societies has increased partly as a result of heightened awareness of injustices towards indigenous peoples perpetrated by national groups (both historically and...