Intergenerational transmission of traditional ecological knowledge about medicinal plants in a riverine community of the Brazilian Amazon

Markos Rogério Lima Mota; Iani Dias Lauer-Leite; Jaílson Santos de Novais

doi:10.18387/polibotanica.56.16

Markos Rogério Lima Mota Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0615-7183
Iani Dias Lauer-Leite Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9063-475X
Jaílson Santos de Novais Universidade Federal do Sul da Bahia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3080-8994

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.56.16

Palabras clave: Conocimiento intergeneracional, Etnobotánica, Etnoconocimiento, Sistemas médicos locales, Transmisión cultural

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Las poblaciones locales pueden perder gradualmente el Conocimiento Ecológico Tradicional (CET), lo que afecta principalmente a las generaciones más jóvenes. Conocer las variables involucradas en la transmisión del CET respalda las estrategias para mantener los sistemas médicos locales. Con base en esto, este artículo investiga: ¿Cómo ocurre la transmisión intergeneracional del CET sobre plantas medicinales para una comunidad ribereña tradicional en la Amazonía brasileña? A partir de un muestreo no probabilístico intencional, fueron entrevistados 43 habitantes locales de la comunidad de Vila Franca (Reserva Extractiva Tapajós-Arapiuns, Amazonia brasileña), con el fin de evaluar los modos de transmisión cultural y los transmisores del conocimiento. El conocimiento sobre las plantas medicinales en la comunidad está igualmente influenciado por transmisiones verticales, horizontales y oblicuas. No se observaron diferencias significativas entre categorías de edad, así como entre hombres y mujeres. Las categorías ‘madres’ y ‘mujeres que trabajan con remedios naturales’ son las principales transmisoras de conocimiento, destacando la influencia de las relaciones familiares y extrafamiliares en este proceso. El conocimiento sobre las plantas medicinales en Vila Franca está fuertemente influenciado por las relaciones familiares y extrafamiliares, como a través del proyecto de remedios naturales.

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Transmisión intergeneracional del conocimiento ecológico tradicional sobre las plantas medicinales en una comunidad ribereña de la Amazonía Brasileña

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