Indigenous Knowledge
ammar ahmadi; Vahid Rashidvash; Yaqub Sharbatian; ali Baseri; Mohammad Hadi Mansour Lakoraj
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The main objective of present research is to explore indigenous knowledge of traditional medicine within the beliefs of people, particularly rural women in the village of Alni, Meshkin Shahr. The methodology employed in this study is Malinowski's simultaneous analysis, interpreting narrative interviews ...
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The main objective of present research is to explore indigenous knowledge of traditional medicine within the beliefs of people, particularly rural women in the village of Alni, Meshkin Shahr. The methodology employed in this study is Malinowski's simultaneous analysis, interpreting narrative interviews through the hermeneutic method. In essence, these narratives serve as spoken documents, anthropologically analyzed and interpreted through hermeneutics. The distinctive contribution of this research lies in its scarcity, addressing the fundamental concern of the research team regarding the limited research output in the realm of indigenous knowledge of traditional medicine in Iran's rural communities. The outcome of this research underscores the development of the traditional medicine industry within the framework of its indigenous knowledge, contributing to addressing tourism-related issues and attracting tourism to rural areas, notably the village of Alni in Meshkin Shahr. Another pivotal consideration is the realization of economic benefits and social well-being for rural families, a crucial factor impacting the social fabric of this village.
Vahid Rashidvash; Hassan Yousefinezhad
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The methods of cooperation and cooperation have long been common in the rural communities of Iran, and despite the changes that have occurred in rural communities over the years, there are still various forms of cooperation and cooperation among many Lor, Kurd, and, etc. can be seen. The purpose of this ...
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The methods of cooperation and cooperation have long been common in the rural communities of Iran, and despite the changes that have occurred in rural communities over the years, there are still various forms of cooperation and cooperation among many Lor, Kurd, and, etc. can be seen. The purpose of this research is to analyze the traditional ways of cooperation in the agricultural culture of the people of Jafar Abad village, Sivan district of Ilam city, using the theory of functionalism and the theory of exchange. In the interview method, the researcher conducted a purposeful and snowball method by selecting 21 people who had sufficient information on the topic in question. The obtained results show that before planting crops and in order to observe justice in the common people's enjoyment of the possibility of God-given village, by drawing lots (Tirpeshk), dividing the land (Zahmin Bahsh) in The planting phase of the crop is done by group plowing method (pair herd), in the starting phase by the method of escaping harmful animals for the field (Veraz Rav) and in the harvesting phase by methods such as group reaping, group threshing, cleaning the crop to The group form is used.
Vahid Rashidvash; Nahid Rezapoor
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Fuel has been one the necessary and inseparable needs of human from the beginning of collective living and habitation. After fire discovery and relying on fire for providing breads human beings discovered and used various fuels over time and after experiencing and using their sciences and also creating ...
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Fuel has been one the necessary and inseparable needs of human from the beginning of collective living and habitation. After fire discovery and relying on fire for providing breads human beings discovered and used various fuels over time and after experiencing and using their sciences and also creating different tools to apply fire. The residents of Dohezar and Sehezar rural districts, Khoramabad city, Tonekabon, Mazandaran were not exceptional too. The rural districts did not have accommodation because of their geographical and mountain locations; so they provided the necessary fuel by their experiences and natural facilities in living environment. In this study, we investigated and analyzed the used traditional and modern fuels and their effect on life style, social and economical relations through Malinowski functionalism theories and anthropological methods and principles including field research, intensive method , library studies and attending the mentioned districts for interviewing .The results indicated that providing and saving traditional fuels had institutionalized some customs and behaviors among the residents of Dohezar and Sehezar rural districts. Cooperation and companionship to provide the fuels were done based on unwritten rules.
