traditional knowledge

knowledge systems in the cultural traditions of communities
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Summary

traditional knowledge is a knowledge type[1]. It draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (knowledge_type category, ranking #7 of 18).[2]

Key Facts

  • traditional knowledge's instance of is recorded as knowledge type[3].
  • traditional knowledge's instance of is recorded as Concepts related to procedural justice[4].
  • traditional knowledge is a type of knowledge[5].
  • traditional knowledge's Commons category is recorded as Traditional knowledge[6].
  • traditional knowledge comprises hunting[7].
  • traditional knowledge comprises agriculture[8].
  • traditional knowledge comprises midwifery[9].
  • traditional knowledge comprises ethnobotany[10].
  • traditional knowledge comprises traditional ecological knowledge[11].
  • traditional knowledge comprises traditional medicine[12].
  • traditional knowledge comprises celestial navigation[13].
  • traditional knowledge's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Traditional knowledge[14].
  • traditional knowledge's described at URL is recorded as https://www.wipo.int/en/web/traditional-knowledge/tk/index[15].
  • traditional knowledge's facet of is recorded as region[16].
  • traditional knowledge's facet of is recorded as indigenous people[17].
  • traditional knowledge's facet of is recorded as local community[18].
  • traditional knowledge's described by source is recorded as Traditional Knowledge Digital Library[19].
  • traditional knowledge's has characteristic is recorded as oral tradition[20].
  • traditional knowledge's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Open Culture / GLAM Glossary[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include knowledge type[3] and Concepts related to procedural justice[4]. traditional knowledge is a type of knowledge[5].

Use and Application

Components include hunting[7], an activity[22]; agriculture[8], an economic sector[23]; midwifery[9], a medical profession[24], in Colombia[25]; ethnobotany[10], an academic discipline[26]; traditional ecological knowledge[11], an academic discipline[27]; and traditional medicine[12], a system of medicine[28].

Why It Matters

traditional knowledge draws 239 Wikipedia views per month (knowledge_type category, ranking #7 of 18).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Energy justice: A conceptual review. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wipo.int. Retrieved . wipo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 24
    Gnd id → 4518241-3
    Subclass of → —
    Has part(s) → hunting, agriculture, midwifery +4
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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