从被遗忘到前沿:为拉丁美洲本土生物技术辩护。

IF 3.7 2区 医学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Francisca Villanueva-Flores, Igor Garcia-Atutxa
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本研究对拉丁美洲本土生物技术进行了批判性的重新评估,独特地整合了民族志、历史和生化分析,揭示了它们的科学复杂性和当代潜力。它考察了历史上被忽视或边缘化的祖传做法,如传统饮料(masato、pozol和pulque)中的微生物发酵,植物粘液的药用和营养用途,以及使用粘土和植物衍生聚合物的自然封装方法。我们证明,这些土著生物技术系统代表的不仅仅是人种学上的好奇心;它们是经验技术的早期例子,预测了益生菌、胶囊药理学和可持续农业的基本原理。通过突出以前文献不足的实践并强调其深层的文化和生态整合,这篇综述促进了对科学知识的更包容的理解。它强调了承认并将本土创新纳入当代科学框架的伦理和认识论必要性。这种新颖的观点不仅恢复和重新重视历史上被边缘化的知识,而且促进了跨文化合作,最终加强了可持续性和现代生物技术创新。
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From forgotten to frontier: vindicating Latin America's indigenous biotechnology.

From forgotten to frontier: vindicating Latin America's indigenous biotechnology.

This study provides a critical reassessment of indigenous Latin American biotechnologies, uniquely integrating ethnographic, historical, and biochemical analyses to reveal their scientific sophistication and contemporary potential. It examines ancestral practices historically overlooked or marginalized, such as microbial fermentation in traditional beverages (masato, pozol, and pulque), medicinal and nutritional uses of plant mucilages, and natural encapsulation methods using clays and plant-derived polymers. We demonstrate that these indigenous biotechnological systems represent more than ethnographic curiosities; they are early examples of empirical technologies anticipating fundamental principles now central to probiotics, encapsulation pharmacology, and sustainable agriculture. By spotlighting previously under-documented practices and emphasizing their deep cultural and ecological integration, this review fosters a more inclusive understanding of scientific knowledge. It underscores both the ethical and epistemological imperative to recognize and incorporate indigenous innovations into contemporary scientific frameworks. This novel perspective not only recovers and revalues historically marginalized knowledge but also promotes intercultural collaboration, ultimately strengthening sustainability and modern biotechnological innovation.

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来源期刊
CiteScore
7.30
自引率
16.70%
发文量
66
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine publishes original research focusing on cultural perceptions of nature and of human and animal health. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine invites research articles, reviews and commentaries concerning the investigations of the inextricable links between human societies and nature, food, and health. Specifically, the journal covers the following topics: ethnobotany, ethnomycology, ethnozoology, ethnoecology (including ethnopedology), ethnogastronomy, ethnomedicine, ethnoveterinary, as well as all related areas in environmental, nutritional, and medical anthropology. Research focusing on the implications that the inclusion of humanistic, cultural, and social dimensions have in understanding the biological word is also welcome, as well as its potential projections in public health-centred, nutritional, and environmental policies.
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