International Conference organized by the Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences and UNESCO
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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)
