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What is the disadvantages of indigenous?

Indigenous people have worse health, higher mortality, lower literacy and numeracy, and higher overcrowding, child imprisonment and child abuse have increased in Aboriginal culture from 2002 – 2009. Research shows that Indigenous people are socially excluded and high numbers face poverty.

What are the challenges of indigenous knowledge?

The major challenges to the management and preservation of indigenous knowledge are issues relating to collection development, intellectual property rights, access and the preservation media.

What are the advantages of indigenous knowledge systems?

Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge that helps a society make decisions about activities, such as agriculture and education, that are acceptable to their lifeways. Indigenous knowledge, along with western- based knowledge, helps create development solutions that are culturally acceptable to the society being helped.

What is the value of indigenous knowledge to local and indigenous communities?

Indigenous/Traditional knowledge is simple and practical. It links the survival of every human being to the wholeness of nature and its elements that support life. It provides the concrete situations of communities in relation with the environment and provides practical solutions to the problems of the people.

Why are many indigenous Australians experiencing disadvantage and injustice?

The disparity we see today is a result of the lingering injustices of colonisation – dispossession, exploitation and violence that started at first contact. This unjust behaviour towards Indigenous people was rationalised by a colonial system that didn’t understand, respect or value Indigenous Australians.

Why is indigenous knowledge important in community development?

Indigenous knowledge can help to meet the broader objectives of society, for instance conserving the environment, developing sustainable agriculture and ensuring food security, while its protection encourages the maintenance of traditional practices and lifestyles.

Why are indigenous knowledge systems important for local communities?

What are the main challenges in Australian society today regarding the indigenous population?

The problems include: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are less likely to complete high school, have higher rates of drug and alcohol consumption as well as domestic violence, and on average live ten years less than their non-indigenous counterparts.

How were aboriginals disadvantaged in the past?

The social and economic disadvantage suffered by Indigenous Australians has many forms including high levels of unemployment, extremely poor health outcomes, far shorter life expectancy than other Australians and high levels of incarceration.

Why are indigenous communities valuable to societal development?

They conserve and restore forests and natural resources By protecting natural resources, like forests and rivers, many indigenous communities help mitigate the impacts of climate change.

What problems do indigenous communities face?

1) Poorer health

• Poorer health.
• Lower levels of education.
• Inadequate housing and crowded living conditions.
• Lower income levels.
• Higher rates of unemployment.
• Higher levels of incarceration.
• Higher death rate among children and youth due unintentional injuries.
• Higher rates of suicide.

What are the disadvantages of indigenous people?

As a group, Indigenous people are disadvantaged relative to other Australians with respect to a number of socioeconomic factors, and these disadvantages place them at greater risk of ill health and reduced well-being.2 3.3 The following statistics from the 1996 Census illustrate this disadvantage.3 Indicator Indigenous Adults Non-Indigenous Adults

What is indindigenous knowledge?

Indigenous knowledge is based on the experience, often tested over centuries of use, adapted to local culture and local environment, dynamic and changing. Indigenous knowledge is not confined to a certain group of people therefore people in rural areas and urban areas have their unique knowledge.

Is indigenous knowledge harmful?

True, some knowledge can be harmful under some circumstances (ie, atomic energy). Still, it’s also important to have that knowledge. If we don’t know what’s dangerous, we may not be able to avoid it. Indigenous knowledge is only considered when it is seen as important.

What is ‘closing the gap’ with Indigenous disadvantage?

In 2008, the Australian government made a formal commitment to address Indigenous disadvantage in Australia, known as ‘Closing the Gap’, but what’s “the gap”? The gap refers to the the vast health and life-expectation inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.