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To contribute to the preservation and development of plant based Traditional Medicinal in Uganda.

27/08/2026

Why Documentation Matters

Much traditional knowledge has historically been transmitted orally.

Oral transmission can be powerful because knowledge is taught within relationships and practical contexts.

But it can also become vulnerable when the people carrying that knowledge become fewer or when traditional knowledge-sharing structures change.

Documentation can help create records for education, research and future generations.

However, documentation must be responsible.

It should respect communities and knowledge holders. It should consider what can be shared publicly and what requires protection. It should avoid removing knowledge from its cultural context.

Traditional Medicine in Transition is interested not simply in collecting information, but in understanding how knowledge can be documented and communicated responsibly.

Preserving knowledge also means preserving the context in which that knowledge makes sense.

26/08/2026

A medicinal plant can look like an ordinary plant.

But within a community, it may carry generations of observation and experience.

Someone identified it. Someone learned how it was used. Someone taught another person. A name was given to it. A story developed around it. Its place in the landscape became part of community knowledge.

This is why medicinal plants are important not only to health discussions but also to cultural heritage.

Traditional Medicine in Transition examines the connections between medicinal plants, people and knowledge.

When we talk about medicinal plants, we should therefore also ask;

Who knows about this plant?
How was that knowledge acquired?
How has it been transmitted?
Where does the plant grow?
What happens when the environment supporting it changes?

The plant is only one part of the story.

25/08/2026

For generations, knowledge about medicinal plants has often moved through families and communities.

A grandmother teaches a grandchild. A parent shares knowledge with a child. A knowledgeable community member demonstrates how a plant is identified or used.

But society is changing.

Young people are spending less time in some traditional knowledge-sharing spaces. Migration, changing lifestyles and new forms of communication are influencing how knowledge moves.

Traditional Medicine in Transition looks closely at this process.

Preserving knowledge is not simply about recording information. It is also about understanding the people, relationships and cultural contexts through which knowledge has traditionally been transmitted.

The future of traditional medicine will depend partly on how successfully we create responsible ways for knowledge to continue moving between generations.

24/08/2026

When we hear the words “traditional medicine”, we often think immediately about herbs.

But the subject is much wider.

Traditional medicine is connected to knowledge, cultural practices, relationships with nature, community experience and ways of transmitting knowledge across generations.

The Traditional Medicine in Transition project in Uganda is interested in understanding this wider landscape.

The project brings together researchers, museums, communities and traditional medicine knowledge holders to examine how knowledge is created, transmitted and used.

It also asks an important question: how can this knowledge be carried into the future in ways that are safe, respectful, culturally grounded and sustainable?

That question is at the heart of our work.

17/08/2026

Aloe vera is a natural healer. It soothes burns, hydrates skin, aids digestion and even supports oral health. Even when applied topically or taken in small amounts, its benefits are endless.

12/08/2026

This year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples brings attention to an important part of Indigenous knowledge: the women who have cared for mothers and newborns across generations.

The theme, “Indigenous Midwives: Safeguarding Life and Well-being,” shines a light on women whose knowledge has been built through generations of observation, practice, experience and teaching.

Through the Traditional Medicine in Transition (TMT) project, we have had the privilege of documenting some of these knowledge systems and meeting women who continue to carry this knowledge within their communities.

Their work reminds us that traditional knowledge is living knowledge.

It exists in the stories shared by elders, the plants and remedies known within communities, the practices surrounding childbirth and maternal care and the skills passed from one generation to the next.

But this knowledge is also vulnerable.

As Indigenous languages decline, as older generations pass on and as traditional practices change, important knowledge can be lost if it is not documented, respected and transmitted to future generations.

This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we recognise the Indigenous women who have safeguarded life and well-being through knowledge handed down across generations.

Their knowledge deserves to be heard.

Their experiences deserve to be documented.

And their contribution deserves recognition.

Indigenous knowledge is not only a record of where communities have been. It is part of the knowledge they carry into the future.

17/07/2026

Today in Gulu

16/07/2026

Thank you Soroti

14/07/2026

The Traditional Medicine in Transition Mobile Museum is in Moroto, taking conversations on indigenous knowledge beyond exhibition spaces and into schools and communities. Every stop creates an opportunity for learners, elders and community members to share, preserve and appreciate Uganda’s rich traditional medicine heritage for future generations.

10/07/2026

Yesterday with the Traditional Medicine in Transition Mobile Museum in Kapchorwa district.

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