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Revitalising Indigenous Games: A Systematic Review on Their Role in Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention Among Youth in South Africa [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Physical inactivity and obesity among youth represent growing public health challenges in South Africa. Indigenous games, historically embedded in daily life and cultural practices offers a culturally relevant approach to promoting physical activity and ...
Munyangane Osia Livhuwani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Akan Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Christian Faith in Ghana: A Review of the Major Works of Robert Rattray [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2021
The Western missionaries’ attitude towards Asante indigenous belief systems created the impression that Christianity was unable to live side by side with Asante indigenous knowledge systems.
Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Commercial Seaweed Extract and Microbial Biostimulant on Growth, Yield, Phytochemical Content, and Nutritional Quality of Five Abelmoschus esculentus Genotypes

open access: yesAgronomy, 2022
Biostimulant application during the cultivation of underutilized crops is an environmental-friendly approach for their production and utilization to promote food security and human health.
Adeyemi O. Aremu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategies for Improving Indigenous Financial Literacy in Schools

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2004
The Indigenous Australian population is not only considerably younger than the non-Indigenous population but is also on the rise.
Maryann Bin-Sallik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnoveterinary Practices and Ethnobotanical Knowledge on Plants Used against Cattle Diseases among Two Communities in South Africa

open access: yesPlants, 2022
Ethnoveterinary practices and ethnobotanical knowledge serve as potential therapeutic approaches used to manage and prevent cattle diseases within poor communities in developing nations.
Mompati Vincent Chakale   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changing narratives: colonised peoples, criminology and social work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
: There is growing recognition in criminology and social work of the importance of Indigenous knowledges and methodologies. Yet to date there have been limited attempts (particularly in criminology and criminal justice social work) to consider the ...
Chris Cunneen, Simone Rowe
core   +4 more sources

Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Environmental Governance in Canada

open access: yesKULA, 2021
This contribution addresses key issues around the application of Indigenous knowledge in contexts where such knowledge is neither generated nor held (academy, industry, governments, etc.).
Deborah McGregor
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous knowledge in food system transformations

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment, 2022
Indigenous food systems ensure ecological and socio-economic sustainability but remain marginalized in science and policy. We argue that better documentation, deeper understanding, and political recognition of indigenous knowledge can help transform food systems.
Dhanya Vijayan   +8 more
openaire   +6 more sources

Herbal-Based Cosmeceuticals and Economic Sustainability among Women in South African Rural Communities

open access: yesEconomies, 2020
Access to natural resources in the immediate environment is an essential factor that contributes to livelihood in many rural areas. In the current study, we explored the economic potential(s) of the natural herbal-based cosmetic and cosmeceutical ...
Peter Tshepiso Ndhlovu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Decolonizing land management in institutions of higher education

open access: yesJournal of Land Use Science, 2022
Many institutions of higher education (IHE) were founded on and continue to benefit from the violent dispossession of Indigenous Land. IHE and Land managed by IHE frame scientific knowledge as universal, marginalizing Indigenous, non-Eurocentric ...
Laura O’Brien, Praneeta Mudaliar
doaj   +1 more source

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