science 11

• environment was source of all needs, shelter, water, food, and clothing
• knowledge was passed on through orally and experientially
• the elders are referred to as the storytellers, hunters, gatherers, and farmers
• traditional knowledge was passed on through myths, legends, art
• biocultural knowledge is rooted in natural environment and what is readily available
• biocultural knowledge is grounded on culture, values, and norms
• greek philosophers, 8000-300 BCE
• the church was the sole interpreter of the holy church
• europe was exposed to new easter culture: crusades, the silk road, colonial expansion
• Aristotelian thought was the dominant worldview in the west - great chain of being