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indigenous [in′dij·ə·nəs] (science and technology) Existing and having originated naturally in a particular region or environment. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| 28) As Daniel observes in A Radical Jew, it also undercuts "the uncritical valorization of indigenousness (and particularly the confusion between political indigeneity and mystified autochthony). In our context, authenticity of origin may be defined as indigenousness of impetus, perspective, and structure. Both Benjamin and contributor Lye Tuck-Po, in his chapter on the status of the Batek in the Malaysian national game reserve (Taman Negara), assail the common association of tribality and indigenousness with "nature", here exposed as a modern, "scientific", synthetic environmental construct by which modern states naturalise local inhabitants as indigenes. |
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