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Discussing indigenous knowledge and indigenous knowledge systems in Africa

ESARBICA Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, 2013
This brief communication reports on the First Annual International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) in Africa. The conference was hosted by the Faculty of Communication and Information Science at the National University of Science and Technology in Zimbabwe from 23 to 24 August 2011.
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Indigenous Knowledge Within a Global Knowledge System

Higher Education Policy, 2005
Faced with globalizing forces that promote universal approaches to knowledge and understanding, indigenous peoples have reacted by abandoning the old ways or alternately seeking to re-discover ancient wisdoms as foundations for pathways to the future. Increasingly, however, a third way has been to focus on the interface between indigenous knowledge and
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Spaces Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Knowledge Systems

2013
There are multiple ways of experiencing, knowing and communicating. In our shared doctoral experience as an Indigenous candidate and a non-Indigenous supervisor, Treahna and I developed a relationship which was underpinned by the Indigenous concept of Deep Listening. Deep Listening is a concept which appears in many Aboriginal languages in Australia.
Laura Brearley, Treahna Hamm
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Curriculum

2014
The school system in many regions of Africa does little to cater for the unique challenges to psychosocial adjustment and cultural identity development that students experience when they enter the school gate. Schools and the education system in general promote poor academic performance, low self-esteem, and high dropout rates for students who do not ...
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How Indigenous Knowledges and Knowledge Systems Are Centered in Research: An Indigenous-informed Realist Review Protocol

Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Abstract: Background: In Euro-Western forms of research, Indigenous Knowledges (IK) and Knowledge systems have been misused, devalued, and stolen. Elders and Knowledge Guardians have expressed the need for IK to be protected for future generations and be included in research in a good way.
Nikki Hunter, Porter, Nicole, Bulger, Anita, Benoit, Josie, Auger, Raglan, Maddox, Janet, Jull, Janice, Linton, Joanna, Nemeth, Simon, Brascoupé, Noé, Préfontaine, Diane, Simon, Tina, Lanceleve, Jaiden, Herkimer, Cora, Weber-Pillwax, Ningwakwe, George, Marcia, Friesen, Lisa Bourque, Bearskin, Melody Morton, Ninomiya   +17 more
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Indigenous Knowledge as a System of African Knowledge: An Educational Perspective

Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 2002
The liberation of Africa and its peoples from centuries of racially discriminatory colonial rule and domination has far reaching implications for educational thought and practice. The transformation of educational discourse in Africa requires a philosophical framework that respects diversity, acknowledges lived experience and challenges the hegemony of
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems

2022
Bianca van Bavel, Joanna Petrasek MacDonald, Dalee Sambo Dorough   +2 more
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Indigenous knowledge systems and development

Indilinga: African Journal of Indigenous Knowledge Systems, 2015
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Indigenous Knowledges and Global Knowledge Systems

2021
Gabrielle Fletcher, Kate Chealuck
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Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Zimbabwe

2017
The chapter discusses the ethical considerations that have to be observed in the preservation of indigenous knowledge following observations that there is no documented evidence of efforts in Zimbabwe to protect indigenous knowledge from unethical practices by researchers and companies as they tap and use the knowledge.
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