Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Research Methodologies: Local Solutions and Global Opportunities
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Research Methodologies: Local Solutions and Global Opportunities

Author: Elizabeth Sumida Huaman (Wanka/Quechua and Japanese), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Publisher: Canadian Scholars

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1773382071

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Bringing together researchers from geographically, culturally, and linguistically diverse regions, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Research Methodologies offers practical guidance and lessons learned from research projects in and with Indigenous communities around the world. With an aim to examine issues of power, representation, participation, and accountability in studies involving Indigenous populations, the contributors reflect on their own experiences conducting collaborative research in distinct yet related fields. The book is anchored by specific themes: exploring decolonizing methodological paradigms, honoring Indigenous knowledge systems, and growing interdisciplinary collaboration toward Indigenous self-determination. This volume makes a significant contribution to Indigenous community as well as institutional scholarly and practical discussions by emphasizing guidance and questions from Indigenous scholars who are designing studies and conducting research that is moving the field of Indigenous research methodologies forward. Discussing challenges and ideas regarding research ethics, data co-ownership, data sovereignty, and dissemination strategies, this text is a vital resource for all students interested in the application of what can be gained from Indigenous research methods.

Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era
Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era

Author: David R. Katerere

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-09-05

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 135198179X

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While there is talk of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, old and new challenges bedevil the world – climate change, nutrition, and health poverty being at the top of the list. In seeking solutions to these and other problems which afflict the modern era, it is worthwhile to look into our collective past, to the traditions and knowledges of our ancestors. Such knowledge continues to exist in many parts of the world, though now marginalized by homogenous, Eurocentric ontolology and epistemology. This book presents a compilation of reviews, case studies, and primary research attempting to locate the utility of traditional and Indigenous Knowledges in an increasingly complex world. It assembles chapter authors from across the world to tackle topics ranging from traditional knowledge-based innovations and commercialization, traditional medicine systems as practiced around the world, ethnoveterinary practices, and food innovation to traditional governance and leadership systems, among others. This book is an important resource for policymakers; scholars and researchers of cultural studies, leadership, governance, ethnobotany, anthropology, plant genetic resources and technology innovation; and readers interested in the history of knowledge and culture, as well as cultural activists and political scientists. Features: Unique combination of social science and anthropological aspects with natural science perspectives Includes summaries aimed at policymakers to immediately see what would be relevant to their work Combines case studies illuminating important lessons learned with reviews and primary data Multidisciplinary in the scope of the topics tackled and assemblage of contributors Global footprint with contributions from Africa, Europe, North America, Asia, and the West Indies David R. Katerere, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Wendy Applequist, William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, Missouri Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa and Nutritica SA, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa Chamunorwa Togo, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, South Africa

Indigenous Research
Indigenous Research

Author: Deborah McGregor

Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1773380850

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Indigenous research is an important and burgeoning field of study. With the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call for the Indigenization of higher education and growing interest within academic institutions, scholars are exploring research methodologies that are centred in or emerge from Indigenous worldviews, epistemologies, and ontology. This new edited collection moves beyond asking what Indigenous research is and examines how Indigenous approaches to research are carried out in practice. Contributors share their personal experiences of conducting Indigenous research within the academy in collaboration with their communities and with guidance from Elders and other traditional knowledge keepers. Their stories are linked to current discussions and debates, and their unique journeys reflect the diversity of Indigenous languages, knowledges, and approaches to inquiry. Indigenous Research: Theories, Practices, and Relationships is essential reading for students in Indigenous studies programs, as well as for those studying research methodology in education, health sociology, anthropology, and history. It offers vital and timely guidance on the use of Indigenous research methods as a movement toward reconciliation.

Re-imagining Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in 21st Century Africa
Re-imagining Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in 21st Century Africa

Author: Tenson Muyambo

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2022-02-14

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9956552550

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This book is on the re-imagination of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) and practices in 21st century Africa. Framed from an anti-colonial perspective, the book critically interrogates epistemological erasures and injustices meted against African IKS and practices. It magnifies the different contexts where African IKS were and continue to be used effectively for collective and personal benefit. Beyond the legitimate frustration and disheartenment expressed by the contributors to this volume over the systematic colonial efforts to render inferior and delegitimate African systems of knowing and knowledge production, the book makes an important contribution to the quest to correct misconceptions and misrepresentations by Eurocentric thinkers and practitioners about African indigenous knowledges. The book makes an informed claim that the future and vibrancy of African indigenous knowledge and practices lie in how well scholars of knowledge studies and decoloniality in and on Africa are able to join hands in articulating, debating and fronting their vitality and relevance in varied real-life situations. More importantly, the book provides a re-invigorated overview and nuanced analyses of the important role and continued relevance of African IKS and practices in the understanding, interpreting and tackling of the social unfoldings of everyday life and dynamism. Without romanticising African IKS and practices, the book provides added insights and pointers on policy and trends. It is an important addition to critical debates on knowledge studies across fields.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Author: Melissa K. Nelson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1108428568

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Provides an overview of Native American philosophies, practices, and case studies and demonstrates how Traditional Ecological Knowledge provides insights into the sustainability movement.

The Cultural Dimension of Development
The Cultural Dimension of Development

Author: Dennis M. Warren

Publisher: Practical Action

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13:

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The potential of indigenous knowledge is being recognized for international development. This book argues that local people do know their environment, and that this knowledge has to be taken into account in planning and implementing accessible and effective development.

Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development
Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development

Author: David Brokensha

Publisher:

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13:

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Monograph on traditional knowhow and information dissemination systems used by indigenous peoples and their potential role in rural development - presents case studies in the agricultural sector, discusses research methods for the study of ethnoscience, ethnolinguistics, etc. Bibliography pp. 409 to 443 and diagrams.

Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems
Indigenous Knowledge and the Integration of Knowledge Systems

Author: Catherine Alum Odora Hoppers

Publisher: New Africa Books

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781919876580

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This book explores the role of the social and natural sciences in supporting the development of indigenous knowledge systems. It looks at how indigenous knowledge systems can impact on the transformation of knowledge generating institutions such as scientific and higher education institutions on the one hand, and the policy domain on the other.