PS398 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Shagoon
Document Summary
Bridging native and western science pam colorado (1988) Research has been perceived and presented as mono-cultural, thus not accepted by native community. A bicultural research model or a scientific infrastructure recognizing both indian science and. Traditional native science must be articulated in contemporary terms to permit scholarly exchange. Native science is holistic and through spiritual processes, it synthesizes info from the mental, physical, social, an cultural/historical realms. Tree analogy: roots go deep into history and blood of lang, tree stores and collects energy etc. To the indian, the tree is the first person on earth. Native science has a acral basis and its teachings are grounded in the natural world. Western science understands bear in terms of rigour, reliability and validity. Not merely science but science interwoven inseparably with life. Native science assumes its character through power and peace. There is no single native science, each nation follows ways specific to a locale.
