Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is analyzed in the context of the current socio-cultural situation in Belarus. This knowledge, skills and experience, which have an applied nature and develop in the form of an intellectual response to the needs of life, are transmitted from generation to generation and mainly verbally; are characterized from the point of view of the synthesis of two components: ideas about the surrounding nature and man in it and practical life skills in certain natural and climatic conditions.
The publication was prepared under the UNESCO project “Capacity Building for the Safeguarding of Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources and Legal Regulation of Access to It in the Republic of Belarus” under the Participation Program for 2022-2023.
T. V. Vałodzina, Doctor of Sciences in Philology, Head of the Department of Folkloristics and Culture of Slavic Peoples, Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Research, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
Reviewer:
A. M. Makiejeva, PhD, Associate Professor
Head of the National Coordination Centre on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-sharing, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus
Translator:
M. H. Pyžova, lead translator, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, NAS of Belarus
The publication was prepared under the UNESCO project “Capacity Building for the Safeguarding of Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources and Legal Regulation of Access to It in the Republic of Belarus” under the Participation Program for 2022-2023.
Traditional knowledge of Belarusians: from the past for the future. /
T. V. Vałodzina ; Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Research, NAS of Belarus. ‒ Minsk : Prava & Ekanomika 2023. – 82 p. – ISBN 978-985-887-105-5.