Mexican Rural Women's Knowledge of the Environment

Bain, Jennifer

doi:10.2307/1051879

Cited by 6 publications

(4 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…This is especially true with regard to the use of plant resources that are so strikingly present in many aspects of peoples' lives in different cultures in the world (Albuquerque et al, 2005;Case et al, 2005). Accordingly, experience gained over years of contact with the environment and different social groups has now become an element of great interest, because cultural factors may both contribute to the diversity and richness of knowledge of plants through transmission between groups (Bain, 1993;Estomba et al, 2006). In addition, the importance of social aspects that are most commonly investigated in the literature are highlighted here.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Silva¹,

Ramos²,

Hanazaki³

et al. 2011

Rev. bras. farmacogn.

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Human beings have accumulated rich experience with natural resources over time, but such knowledge can be strongly infl uenced by several factors, such as age, sex and occupation. This study focuses on the infl uence of these factors on knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in northeastern Brazil. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 102 people, with the number of plants and uses cited studied for quantitative analysis. Through this research, it was possible to show that the social variables studied (age, sex and informants occupation) have contributed to the formation of different patterns of knowledge regarding medicinal resources. The results indicate that awareness of this dynamic is necessary for the proper implementation of projects where the goal is the sustainable use of natural resources (because it indicates the different levels of knowledge within a community), for studies intended to discover new drugs (because it indicates the peculiarities of certain groups), and for biodiversity conservation strategies.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Silva¹,

Ramos²,

Hanazaki³

et al. 2011

Rev. bras. farmacogn.

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In some patriarchal societies, the production and collection of food resources is carried out by women, however, when it comes to eating, men are satiated first, then women and children. In times of scarcity, it can lead to food insecurity and serious damage, compromising their way of life (Bain 1993;Ladio 2021). Ethnobotanical results arising from this situation can certainly bring biases, since the learning and transmission of traditional knowledge can be compromised.…”

Section: Relationships Between Plant Knowledge and Socioeconomic Char...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Socio-economic Factors on Distinct Categories of Use in a Rural Community in Northeastern Brazil

Martins,

Medeiros,

Monteiro

et al. 2023

Acta Bot. Bras.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The present study analyzes the relationship between people and plants in the caatinga region of Northeastern Brazil, considering the influence of socio-economic factors on different categories of plant use in the community. Thus, it aims to associate socio-economic factors and knowledge in the use dynamics of medicinal, food and timber plants in Brejo da Conceição community, Currais, Piaui, Brazil. The data set was obtained through semi-structured interviews, interviewing one-hundred-one persons: 46 women and 55 men. A generalized linear model analyzed socio-economic factors influencing the knowledge of plants, built using Poisson distribution and having as explanatory variable age, gender, number of residents in household and education; as a response variable, the number of plants cited per respondent. To better understand the distribution of plants in use categories, we verified which species are the most important locally and, for that, we calculated the plants' Cultural Importance Index and Relative Importance Index. The interviewees cited 126 plant species. Among these species, 74 were native, and 52 were naturalized. Overlapping the categories of use, the most prominent species in the categories medicinal and food, according to the indices of cultural importance (CI) and relative importance (RII), were the buriti palm tree (Mauritia flexuosa L.f.), orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) and cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.). For the overlap of medicinal and timber uses, catinga de porco stood out (Terminalia brasiliensis (Cambess.) Eichler) and birro de cangalha (Diplopterys sp.). The lemon balm herb stood out as its medical use (Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E.Br. ex Britton & P.Wilson). Just the number of residents and gender factors influenced the plants' knowledge of Brejo da Conceição in medicinal use, food and wood resources. Given the complexity of current discussions that guide related to these characteristics, the proposed results can serve as a reference for future research that incorporates more aspects of local ecological knowledge, including analyzing other essential variables that shape the distribution of knowledge in the distinct categories of use.

show abstract

“…Un caso paradigmático que ilustra las parcialidades existentes en este tema es el trabajo de Bain (1993) en México que evidenció que las mujeres tienen un rol muy significativo en la producción de alimentos, resultados que nadie se animaría a cuestionar según los distintos estudios de caso existentes desde la etnobiología (DUARTE ALMADA; OLIVEIRA E SOUZA, 2017). Pero en este trabajo, también se detectó que a la hora de comer, los hombres comen primero que mujeres y niños, mostrando jerarquías de poder que podrían tener consecuencias nutricionales.…”

Section: El Enfoque Etnobiológico En La Soberanía Alimentariaunclassified

Mujeres Rurales en El Sostenimiento De La Soberanía Alimentaria Y Los Equívocos Patriarcales en Los Estudios Etnobiologicos Del Norte De La Patagonia

Ladio¹

2021

ethnoscientia

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Desde una aproximación etnográfica cualitativa re-examiné mis trabajos publicados e hice un repaso de los resultados y sus discursivas (éticas y émicas) en el tratamiento del rol de las mujeres en la vida rural, distinguiendo aquellos abordajes acordes con la perspectiva de género, así como también mis equívocos patriarcales. Estos son los desentendimientos producidos por el sesgo patriarcal que impidieron visibilizar a las mujeres en forma completa. La revisión se basó en estudios realizados en comunidades rurales minifundistas del Norte de la Patagonia (Argentina), principalmente de origen Mapuche y/o Mapuche-Tehuelche y que han abordado distintos temas vinculados a la soberanía alimentaria. La fuerte construcción social existente acerca de las mujeres "cuidadoras" ha atravesado todos los trabajos, hecho que hace necesario repesar esa construcción de sentido y reflexionar junto con las mujeres rurales y las investigadoras e investigadores. La invisibilización de mujeres y hombres, la sobre-generalización y la simplificación de resultados son equívocos que pueden servir de enseñanza para tener una mirada de género más sensible en el futuro.

show abstract

Mexican Rural Women's Knowledge of the Environment

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Dynamics of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in the Brazilian semi-arid region

Dynamics of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants in a rural community in the Brazilian semi-arid region

The Influence of Socio-economic Factors on Distinct Categories of Use in a Rural Community in Northeastern Brazil

Mujeres Rurales en El Sostenimiento De La Soberanía Alimentaria Y Los Equívocos Patriarcales en Los Estudios Etnobiologicos Del Norte De La Patagonia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About