What are the focus areas regarding international research trends on indigenous technologies?
TABLE 1: International focus areas of research on indigenous technologies FOCUS AREAS NUMBER Curriculum 83 Industry 54 Social Development 46 Indigenous versus Western technology 60 Development of Indigenous technologies 40 Agriculture 20 Policy 8 Gender 10 Culture 48 Medicine 7 Law 12 Religion 4 Table 1 shows the focus areas of research on indigenous technologies. The right-hand column gives researches done in each area. It seems that the bulk of the research focuses on curriculum, industry, social development, the comparison between indigenous technologies and Western technologies, culture, the development of indigenous technologies, and agriculture. Comparatively speaking, the highest research interest seems to lie in the area of curriculum. However, it is important to note that this priority is only about research on school curriculum. It is not about indigenous technologies being included in curriculum offering in schools. Rather, researchers do raise questions about the marginaliz
