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Prediction and management of natural disasters through indigenous Technical Knowledge, with special reference to fisheries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Traditional Indigenous knowledge has over the years played a significant role in solving several major social-ecological problems including those related to climate change and variability.
Chand, Subhash   +3 more
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‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Eurocentrism: toward a philosophy of indigenous Fijian knowledge

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
This study examines Fijian Indigenous knowledge systems’ philosophical issues in post-Eurocentric academia. Indigenous knowledge systems are becoming more acknowledged worldwide, although Fijian knowledge systems struggle to be incorporated into ...
Mumtaz Alam
doaj   +1 more source

Globalisation of Knowledge Production and Regional Innovation Policy: Supporting Specialized Hubs in the Bangalore Software Industry [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper is concerned with the changing role of regional innovation systems and regional policies in supporting the transition of indigenous firms in developing countries from competing on low costs towards becoming knowledge providers in global value ...
Chaminade, Cristina, Vang, Jan
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Getting in Touch: Language and Digital Inclusion in Australian Indigenous Communities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Indigenous people in remote Australia face many dilemmas in relation to the status and vitality of their languages and communication ecologies. Cultural leaders want to maintain endangered heritage languages, yet this concern is balanced against an ...
Carew, Margaret   +4 more
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Research progress on biomarkers of traumatic brain injury

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Traumatic brain injury: From primary insult to secondary neuroinflammation and degeneration. Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common disorder of the nervous system and has become a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, imposing a substantial burden on patients and their social circles. Its main symptoms include dyskinesia, language
Xuting Shen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living Knowledge Production: Indigenous Approaches and Intersections in Higher Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
As educators and practitioners reflect on the relatively young lifespan of the United States higher education system, it is important to take this opportunity to explore and rethink our country’s systems of knowledge production.
Cook, Amanda L., Kwist, Sabrina T.
core   +1 more source

Revisiting paravertebral muscles in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) (Leporidae; Lagomorpha)

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Domesticated European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have long been chosen as laboratory model organisms. Despite this, there has been no definitive study of the vertebral musculature of wild rabbits. Relevant descriptions of well‐studied veterinary model mammals (such as dogs) are generally applicable, but not appropriate for a species ...
Nuttakorn Taewcharoen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balanda: My Year in Arnhem Land

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2006
John Greatorex
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking Indigenous Knowledge Systems In Children's Education: Efik And Igbo Folk Songs Perspectives Of Nigeria

open access: yesAccelerando: BJMD
In the African traditional perspectives, music is posited as a medium of communication, education, training, history, sports, proverbs, food, environment, discipline, philosophies, and fosters general societal ideologies.
Olufemi Akanji Olaleye   +1 more
doaj  

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