Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil

Autores
Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira; Santoro, Flavia Rosa; Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de; Ladio, Ana Haydee; Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de
Año de publicación
2015
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inglés
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Ethnopharmacological relevance The study of plant use in contexts of migrations can give important insights to cultural evolution, since people face rapid changes in their environments and often start interacting with native dwellers, both constituting forces that can lead to change. Therefore, this study focused on medicinal plant knowledge and transmission in order to understand what happens to such knowledge when people from several regions converge to a single place already inhabited by native people. Methods The study was carried out in the rural community of Caeté-Açu (known as Capão Valley), placed in the state of Bahia (NE Brazil). Native and migrant people's knowledge on medicinal plans was accessed with a free listing. People were also asked about whom in the community once taught them about medicinal plants. Four groups (native, regional migrants, national migrants and international migrants) were compared in terms of number of cited plants, plant repertoires and knowledge transmission. For each group we also ran simple regressions between age and number of cited plants and residence time and number of cited plants. Results and discussion We found no differences among groups in terms of number of known species. However, plant repertoires differ in some extent among groups. While migrants claim to have learnt with both native people and other migrants, most native claim to have learned mainly with other natives. Age influences plant knowledge only for the natives, what strengthens evidence that this group's knowledge is based on experience while migrants'’ knowledge is based on an active search. Residence time in the community did not influence migrants’ knowledge. Conclusion Native and migrant people have differences in their ways of acquiring medicinal plant knowledge and less popular species are also different between groups. However, we can observe a tendency of fusion and indissolubility of migrant and native knowledge since the new generations are in contact with both sources.
Fil: Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; Brasil
Fil: Santoro, Flavia Rosa. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; Brasil
Fil: Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; Brasil
Fil: Ladio, Ana Haydee. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue; Argentina
Fil: Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de. Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahía; Brasil
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Migrations
Human Ecology
Evolutionary Ethnobiology
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spelling Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern BrazilAbreu, Diego Batista de OliveiraSantoro, Flavia RosaAlbuquerque, Ulysses Paulino deLadio, Ana HaydeeMedeiros, Patricia Muniz deMigrationsHuman EcologyEvolutionary Ethnobiologyhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Ethnopharmacological relevance The study of plant use in contexts of migrations can give important insights to cultural evolution, since people face rapid changes in their environments and often start interacting with native dwellers, both constituting forces that can lead to change. Therefore, this study focused on medicinal plant knowledge and transmission in order to understand what happens to such knowledge when people from several regions converge to a single place already inhabited by native people. Methods The study was carried out in the rural community of Caeté-Açu (known as Capão Valley), placed in the state of Bahia (NE Brazil). Native and migrant people's knowledge on medicinal plans was accessed with a free listing. People were also asked about whom in the community once taught them about medicinal plants. Four groups (native, regional migrants, national migrants and international migrants) were compared in terms of number of cited plants, plant repertoires and knowledge transmission. For each group we also ran simple regressions between age and number of cited plants and residence time and number of cited plants. Results and discussion We found no differences among groups in terms of number of known species. However, plant repertoires differ in some extent among groups. While migrants claim to have learnt with both native people and other migrants, most native claim to have learned mainly with other natives. Age influences plant knowledge only for the natives, what strengthens evidence that this group's knowledge is based on experience while migrants'’ knowledge is based on an active search. Residence time in the community did not influence migrants’ knowledge. Conclusion Native and migrant people have differences in their ways of acquiring medicinal plant knowledge and less popular species are also different between groups. However, we can observe a tendency of fusion and indissolubility of migrant and native knowledge since the new generations are in contact with both sources.Fil: Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; BrasilFil: Santoro, Flavia Rosa. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; BrasilFil: Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; BrasilFil: Ladio, Ana Haydee. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue; ArgentinaFil: Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de. Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahía; BrasilElsevier Ireland2015-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/11719Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira; Santoro, Flavia Rosa; Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de; Ladio, Ana Haydee; Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de; Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil; Elsevier Ireland; Journal Of Ethnopharmacology; 175; 6-2015; 124-1300378-8741enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874115301446info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.jep.2015.09.019info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:42:55Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/11719instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:42:55.864CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
title Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
spellingShingle Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira
Migrations
Human Ecology
Evolutionary Ethnobiology
title_short Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
title_full Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
title_fullStr Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
title_sort Medicinal plant knowledge in a context of cultural pluralism: a case study in Northeastern Brazil
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira
Santoro, Flavia Rosa
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de
Ladio, Ana Haydee
Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de
author Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira
author_facet Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira
Santoro, Flavia Rosa
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de
Ladio, Ana Haydee
Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de
author_role author
author2 Santoro, Flavia Rosa
Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de
Ladio, Ana Haydee
Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Migrations
Human Ecology
Evolutionary Ethnobiology
topic Migrations
Human Ecology
Evolutionary Ethnobiology
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Ethnopharmacological relevance The study of plant use in contexts of migrations can give important insights to cultural evolution, since people face rapid changes in their environments and often start interacting with native dwellers, both constituting forces that can lead to change. Therefore, this study focused on medicinal plant knowledge and transmission in order to understand what happens to such knowledge when people from several regions converge to a single place already inhabited by native people. Methods The study was carried out in the rural community of Caeté-Açu (known as Capão Valley), placed in the state of Bahia (NE Brazil). Native and migrant people's knowledge on medicinal plans was accessed with a free listing. People were also asked about whom in the community once taught them about medicinal plants. Four groups (native, regional migrants, national migrants and international migrants) were compared in terms of number of cited plants, plant repertoires and knowledge transmission. For each group we also ran simple regressions between age and number of cited plants and residence time and number of cited plants. Results and discussion We found no differences among groups in terms of number of known species. However, plant repertoires differ in some extent among groups. While migrants claim to have learnt with both native people and other migrants, most native claim to have learned mainly with other natives. Age influences plant knowledge only for the natives, what strengthens evidence that this group's knowledge is based on experience while migrants'’ knowledge is based on an active search. Residence time in the community did not influence migrants’ knowledge. Conclusion Native and migrant people have differences in their ways of acquiring medicinal plant knowledge and less popular species are also different between groups. However, we can observe a tendency of fusion and indissolubility of migrant and native knowledge since the new generations are in contact with both sources.
Fil: Abreu, Diego Batista de Oliveira. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; Brasil
Fil: Santoro, Flavia Rosa. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; Brasil
Fil: Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de. Universidade Federal Rural Pernambuco. Departamento de Biologia. Laboratorio de Etnobotanica Aplicada; Brasil
Fil: Ladio, Ana Haydee. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Patagonia Norte. Instituto de Investigación En Biodiversidad y Medioambiente; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Comahue; Argentina
Fil: Medeiros, Patricia Muniz de. Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahía; Brasil
description Ethnopharmacological relevance The study of plant use in contexts of migrations can give important insights to cultural evolution, since people face rapid changes in their environments and often start interacting with native dwellers, both constituting forces that can lead to change. Therefore, this study focused on medicinal plant knowledge and transmission in order to understand what happens to such knowledge when people from several regions converge to a single place already inhabited by native people. Methods The study was carried out in the rural community of Caeté-Açu (known as Capão Valley), placed in the state of Bahia (NE Brazil). Native and migrant people's knowledge on medicinal plans was accessed with a free listing. People were also asked about whom in the community once taught them about medicinal plants. Four groups (native, regional migrants, national migrants and international migrants) were compared in terms of number of cited plants, plant repertoires and knowledge transmission. For each group we also ran simple regressions between age and number of cited plants and residence time and number of cited plants. Results and discussion We found no differences among groups in terms of number of known species. However, plant repertoires differ in some extent among groups. While migrants claim to have learnt with both native people and other migrants, most native claim to have learned mainly with other natives. Age influences plant knowledge only for the natives, what strengthens evidence that this group's knowledge is based on experience while migrants'’ knowledge is based on an active search. Residence time in the community did not influence migrants’ knowledge. Conclusion Native and migrant people have differences in their ways of acquiring medicinal plant knowledge and less popular species are also different between groups. However, we can observe a tendency of fusion and indissolubility of migrant and native knowledge since the new generations are in contact with both sources.
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