Epilogue: Recognition of ancestral knowledge in public science and technology policies in Colombia

Colombia is at a critical juncture in redefining its knowledge production model. While the National System of Science, Technology, and Innovation (SNCTI) is moving toward agendas of bioeconomy, sustainability, and productive transformation, a structural gap persists: the exclusion of the ancestral knowledge of indigenous, Afro-descendant, and peasant communities from the logic of knowledge governance.
This policy proposal sets out a concrete agenda for action to achieve recognition of these knowledge systems as legitimate sources of knowledge, capable of engaging in dialogue on equal terms with academic science. It proposes regulatory, financial, and institutional mechanisms that would enable Colombia to move towards a more just, relevant, and situated ecology of knowledge (Santos, 2010).