The implication is that modern science is half blind without indigenous knowledge. The first is that indigenous knowledge is local knowledge, usually about how to grow food or harvest other things that enhance the lives of locals. Indigenous “science” does not avail itself of these essential items in the toolkit of science. But some of it is not, and insofar as this knowledge can be verified by modern science, that part is indeed “knowledge”. It is common to say that indigenous knowledge is superior to modern science because the former is more “holistic”.

Source: The Guardian April 06, 2026 16:02 UTC