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​FitoQuilombo - An App for the Cultural Maintenance of Medicinal Plants in Quilombola Communities

Authors:
Gezivaldo Araujo Dias
José Valter Amaral de Freitas
Lucas Nunes Rodrigues
Sheyla Cristina de Castro
Walena de Almeida Marçal Magalhães

Keywords: Telematics; Culture; Quilombolas; Medicinal Plants; Ubiquitous ​Knowledge

Abstract:
Quilombolas ​are Brazilian traditional people who are descendants of black slaves from Africa. The present article discusses how technological tools can be used to help with maintaining their use of medicinal plants, in a cultural vision, to keep alive the history and culture experienced in two Quilombola Communities in the North part of Brazil. It also treats environmental values as part of the history and cultural heritage of these people and discusses the contributions that telematics knowledge can give to turn a regional culture into a source for ubiquitous knowledge. In this context, the importance of preserving and valuing the knowledge of these communities becomes urgent to safeguard the cultural diversity existing in the world.

Pages: 131 to 136

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2018

Publication date: November 18, 2018

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-676-7

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from November 18, 2018 to November 22, 2018