ETHNOENTOMOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DOCUMENTATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

Abstract

Ethnoentomological knowledge can be defined as information and
practices used by different human culture that are related to insects.
Documentation of the knowledge is essential as it may lead to
exploration of other fields. In Malaysia, documentation of the
knowledge is very limited albeit indigenous people have been using
insects in their daily life for ages. It is interesting to note that insects
have not been procured only for food but also as medicines and for
other uses. However, throughout this research it is evident that the
knowledge has begun to erode as the indigenous people moved towards
modernisation. This paper focuses on the issues and challenges faced
by researchers when performing the documentation processes.