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    Science and Tradition: Roots and Wings for Development
    Brussels 5 - 6 April 2001
        
    International Conference organized by the Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences and UNESCO
    See also the collection of papers from this conference. << Back

     

     

    Thursday 5 April 2001 – 3 p.m. : Opening Session

    Hugo BAETENS BEARDSMORE, President Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences
    Koïchiro MATSUURA, Director General UNESCO
    Yvan YLIEFF, Government Commissioner in charge of Scientific Policy

     

     

    Friday 6 April 2001

    Panel 1: Knowledge, Tradition and Modernity (coordinator: R. Devisch)

    Cultures, Sciences and Endogenous Knowledge Practices: Anthropological Perspectives
    René DEVISCH

    Traditional Sciences, Spiritual Quest and Modernity: Some Reflections on the Indian Ethos
    B. V. SUBBARAYAPPA

    Pratiques savantes et savoirs traditionnels en pays d’Islam: l’exemple des sciences exactes
    Ahmed DJEBBAR

     
     
     
    Panel 2: Traditional Knowledge: Risks and Expectations (coordinator: F. Malaisse)

    Lessons from the Past for a Better Future: Ethnoecology, a Promising Link between Tradition and Science regarding Biodiversity Management
    François MALAISSE

    Mexican Ethnopedology. The Experience on Soil Maps
    Carlos ORTIZ SOLORIO and Maria del Carmen GUTIERREZ-CASTORENA

    Nutrition and Development at Community Levels: the Philippines Experience
    Josefa EUSEBIO

     
     
     
    Panel 3: Strengthening Linkages and Synergies (coordinator: Saydil Touré)

    Sciences et traditions: une conjugaison d’avenir. Un cas typique: la poterie à Safi (Maroc)
    Ahmed SOUISSI et al.

    Science and Traditions at the Meeting-Place of Giving and Receiving
    Saydil TOURE

    Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) in a Global Society
    Douglas NAKASHIMA (UNESCO)


     

     

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