The definition of “ local wisdom”
Division of educational research, and said, wisdom (Local wisdom) or wisdom (popular wisdom) is the ability of the knowledge accumulated tradition as a potential or can be used to solve the problem. Adapt, learn, and be inherited to the next generation. The core of the community, enhances the community to survive to the present curriculum development center, and said that wisdom. (Local wisdom) or wisdom (popular wisdom) is the knowledge from the experience in the life of the people through the process of education, observe. Thinking and wisdom. And crystallized as knowledge forming from the specific knowledge of several knowledge on such not digest show is a science subject. It can be said that. Local knowledge is available to the general society, community, and in the identification of guru. If there is a finding to study and use it are known, acceptance, transfer and development to a new generation, according to the fashion.
Prawet Wasi (Documents of the Seminar was held in the Thai Traditional '96 Festival at the Nakhon Ratchasima. Popular wisdom, in 1996. Pages not available).
The wisdom is from collective and learning experiences for a long time. The knowledge will be linked to each subject, but no specific subject as learning. So knowledge of economy, occupation, well-being, spending, education and cultural will be combined or linked to it. Perhaps it is indistinguishable, regardless of what the end. So the knowledge of wisdom is the knowledge, capability, belief, ability of behavior and ability to solve human problems. These are collective from the past to the present concerning the custom, way of life, livelihood education, rite ,the use of technology to achieve a balanced relationship between human and human, human and environment, human and
supernatural to achieve happiness in life.
Wisdom means the knowledge, ability, or a system of knowledge from the experience of life with the virtues of each local for use in problem solving. The management and adjustment to suitable for the change of the context of the society. It is the knowledge that creative acceptance of common people. Is inherited from generation to generation to keep sustainable continue.
The importance of local wisdom.
Human beings are more intelligent than other creatures in this world. We can see from the development in conducting their lives such as food, housing, clothing, medicines to satisfy their needs and make quality of life survive with the nature and living things.
Human development is trying to make life better through the process of thinking analysis, trial on error to become the body of the knowledge and continue development and improvement to suit the condition of that community, social, culture and environment. The body of the knowledge that exists in each local area is called "Local Wisdom". The local wisdom is considered to be essential in conducting life as a " basic foundation" of such knowledge which responses to the existing life, including physical, mental, social and environment. The explanation is as follows.
Physical Importance
the wisdom that satisfies the needs of the body, the healthy body, safety from the environment in different situations. This wisdom will be subject to the four basic human needs, including the wisdom of building homes, nutrition of food, herbal medicine, medical treatment, clothing etc.
Mental importance
the wisdom that satisfies the needs of the mind. This wisdom will be subject to the idea, morality, the patterns of life, mindful cultivation to be mental support such as the belief in each local area, philosophy of life, religious doctrine to be the mental center of individual, community and social as well.
Social importance
the wisdom that satisfies the needs to be a participation in society, love and unity, interdependent in helping each other. This wisdom will be subject to the participation of the people in the community, doing things together concerning, the activities of religious, party, occupations such as harvesting the rice, entering a new home, ordaining the priest, traditional marriage etc.
Environment importance
the wisdom that has directly impact on the environment i.e., conservation, restoration and development of natural resources and environment to be balance of ecosystem and sustainable by the awareness of using natural resources to maximize the activities, an awareness of the importance of the nature to be the benefits to humans. This is justified if the environment is destroyed, life is being destroyed. Therefore, wisdom cause related to the environment such as forest succession, succession destiny river, a dam etc.
Philosophy, religion and traditions
include the ability to apply and adapt the principles of religious teachings, philosophy, beliefs, and traditions to use in appropriate context of economic, society such as the transmission of the literature, teachings, and forest ordination.