Postscriptum: The Futures of Indigenous Medicine: Networks, Contexts, Freedom

The concept of “indigeneity” has become quite prominent, even fashionable, in recent decades. Terms like “indigenous knowledge” and “local knowledge” have become parts of international development discourse, and can even be found on the website of the World Bank, which praises “indigenous knowledge” in various contexts, such as agriculture, animal husbandry, ethnic veterinary medicine, use and management of natural resources, primary healthcare, preventive medicine, psychosocial care, saving and lending, community development, and poverty alleviation (World Bank n.d.). Acknowledging indigeneity seems like a good idea—and no doubt it is in many contexts—but it can also be problematic. In this