Science and Technology

Science organizes and conceptualizes knowledge about the world and the universe beyond. Technology is the application of human ingenuity to modification of the environment in both modern and traditional cultures.

Asian American and Pacific Islanders have been researching and applying science since the earliest times. Indigenous Pacific Islanders and Native Hawaiians hold detailed Indigenous Knowledge (also known as Traditional Ecological Knowledge). Such knowledge of plants, animals and the natural world is the foundation for a holistic world view and technologies of fishing, gathering, hunting, agriculture, building, manufacturing and plant and animal management.