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Science for Survival

Subjects: Agriculture, Asian Studies, Biology, Ecology, Health Issues, Medicine, Science, Sociology, Women's Studies

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No

Running Time: 50 mins ea.
Country of Origin: United States
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 1995
Available in French: No

Activist and ecologist Vandana Shiva is the leader of a people's movement in India that opposes “reductionist Western science”. She argues that the failure of the Green Revolution was due to the fact that women's knowledge of traditional seed varieties was ignored. The film also looks at the work of Dr. Sharadini Dahanukar who has set out to prove that Ayurvedic medicine, which relies heavily on women's knowledge of plants and herbs, has scientific validity. Finally the film looks at silk technology. Prabha Shedar argues that, if done sensitively, the fusion of modern science with indigenous knowledge can provide a powerful way forward for poor communities.

Links: http://www.tve.org - the producer’s site

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