全球 WEIRDing:刚果狩猎采集者的野生植物知识和治疗偏好的转变
Gul Deniz Salali1, Mark Dyble1, Nikhil Chaudhary1,2
1Department of Anthropology, University College London, London WC1H 0BW, UK.
Evolutionary human sciences
|August 17, 2023
概括
文化变化导致Mbendjele BaYaka狩猎采集者的传统野生植物知识下降. 城市化和西方医学的采用正在取代祖先的做法,特别是用于药用植物的用途.
科学领域:
- 民族植物学 民族植物学
- 文化人类学 文化人类学
- 人类生态人类生态学
背景情况:
- 全球文化融合正在增加,可能导致传统实践的丧失.
- 刚果的Mbendjele BaYaka狩猎采集者对野生植物有着广泛的知识.
- 城市化和接触外部文化可能会影响传统知识体系.
研究的目的:
- 调查Mbendjele BaYaka的野生植物知识的变化.
- 确定导致传统植物用途丧失或保留的因素.
- 了解文化融合对民族植物学知识的影响.
主要方法:
- 在森林营地出生的BaYaka个人与在城市环境中出生的人之间的植物知识的比较研究.
- 采访和调查以记录野生植物的知识和使用.
- 对偏好的医疗实践进行分析 (传统与西方).
主要成果:
- 在城市地区出生的BaYaka个体报告说,与森林营地出生的人相比,他们对野生植物的知识和使用要少得多.
- 植物知识的下降对于药用植物的用途是最明显的.
- 出生在城市的BaYaka更喜欢西方医学而不是传统的植物性疗法.
结论:
- 在Mbendjele BaYaka中观察到的野生植物知识的下降与文化替代有关,由城市化和采用西方医学推动.
- 越来越多的全球联系可能会加速传统生态知识和实践的侵蚀.
- 人种植物学知识的保护工作应考虑社会文化背景和变革的驱动因素.
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