Descriptive ethnobotanical studies are needed for the rescue operation of documenting traditional knowledge

作     者：Luczaj, Lukasz 

作者机构：Univ Rzeszow Inst Biol ul Zelwerowicza 4-D9 PL-35601 Rzeszow Poland 

出 版 物：《JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE》 (少数民族生物学和少数民族医药杂志)

年 卷 期：2023年第19卷第1期

页      面：37-37页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1002[医学-临床医学] 0713[理学-生态学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Traditional knowledge Knowledge circulation Devolution of knowledge Biocultural diversity Evolution of science Theory of science 

摘      要：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.