Indigenous knowledge systems can make a significant contribution to sustainable development through conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. As one example, educators are now growing in their. The journal has been motivated by the need for a dependable expression for critical and analytical writing on issues related to production, dissemination and recognition of indigenous knowledge systems. A clear need to strengthen indigenous knowledge practices and cultures by protecting and recognising the value of such systems and preventing their loss has emerged. Gender and generation aspects to indigenous knowledge 11 chapter 3. Indigenous and local knowledge systems have coevolved in conjunction with an enormous diversity of ecological systems. Indigenous knowledge systems and the curriculum springerlink. Using traditional western research methods to explore indigenous perspectives has. Indigenous knowledge systems and has earmarked funding for iks projects. The history of indigenous systems in solving disputes and peace building in zimbabwe dates back to the pre colonial era where elders and community leaders met to resolve local conflicts and disputes using their own indigenous knowledge mechanisms.
African indigenous knowledge systems and sustainable development. Characteristics and importance to climatic uncertainty article pdf available january 2002 with,846 reads how we measure reads. The classroom implementation of indigenous knowledge in. This article proposes a multidisciplinary alternative framework to the classical model of the diffusion of innovations, to analyze the potential uses of microcomputers for development. The classroom implementation of indigenous knowledge in the science curriculum by science teachers in the western cape province, south africa. Pdf the importance of indigenous knowledge in curbing the loss. Although african indigenous knowledge systems aiks have existed for thousands of years, their concept and practice began to emerge in the science spheres only three decades ago.
Indigenous knowledges as vital contributions to sustainability. The importance of this traditional knowledge for the protection of biodiversity and. University of toronto, canada this text explores the multidisciplinary context of african indigenous knowledge systems from scholars and scholar activists committed to the interrogation, pro. This connects to indigenous knowledge systems because it actually hinders its search for knowledge when people are trying to learn about groups. Learning recognizes the role of indigenous knowledge. Lack of extensive literature on the indigenous knowledge of health care necessitated the design of a qualitative and quantitative study toexplore and describe the indigenous knowledge for preventive and curative care, and to measure the extent of herbal medicine used for selfcare and dispensed by traditional health practitioners for primary care. University of cape town,faculty of humanities,school of education, 2015 cited yyyy month dd. There are obvious overlaps between indigenous knowledge, language and anthropology, yet links and connections between indigenous knowledge and other ways of knowing and areas of knowledge may be equally valid. Indigenous knowledge systems and alaska native ways of. Theoretical frameworks and indigenous knowledge systems. The current situation in africa is that theory has been given a nominal role in defining practice in education shouler, 2008. Native north american indigenous knowledge within the information landscape, the conceptual foundations of native knowledge systems offer enormous potential for the advancement of research, teaching, and practice of library and information science. Fundamental questions about access and control, ownership and authorship test rationalities of library and archival management.
An inaugural lecture by anwar osman centre for africa studies 1. The contribution of indigenous and local knowledge systems to ipbes. This book is an important contribution to social science, specifically to the field of history and politics of knowledge production. The call for the interfacing of iks with other knowledge systems is based on tenets. Indigenous knowledge systems iks refer to cultural, traditional and local knowledge that is unique to a specific society or culture mapara, 2009. Presentations addressed a range of issues to do with understanding the importance of retaining and valuing indigenous knowledge in australia and internationally, identifying indigenous knowledge materials in collections, repatriating copies of materials to the. The nature of indigenous knowledge the consensus and debate 7 2. The importance of indigenous knowledge in agricultural. In the context of collaborative approaches to environmental governance, scholars and practitioners have recognized that western knowledge is not sufficient, and that ideas, practices, and knowledge from indigenous peoples is essential.
Working with indigenous and local knowledge systems for. Indigenous knowledge has been discussed globally for at least ten. Indigenous knowledge can contribute to the institutional basis for implementing disaster. It also recognizes that indigenous knowledge contributes to the nonindigenous understandings in the world. Indigenous knowledge systems refers to the traditions of regional, indigenous or local communities. Pdf indigenous knowledge as a key to sustainable development. Abstract this study researched indigenous knowledge systems iks in agriculture in zimbabwes rural areas, focusing on crop farming in the tonga of binga district in matebelelands north province, and livestock in the kalanga tribe of the plumtree. Indigenous knowledge includes the cultural traditions, values, beliefs, and worldviews of local peoples as distinguished from western scientific knowledge. The concept of indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction integrates well with all the priorities of action laid down under the hfa.
Procedures and approaches for working with different knowledge systems in the. Pdf this paper details the importance of indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries around the world. The inherent dynamism of indigenous peoples knowledge systems lies at the heart of. Indigenous knowledge systems, sustainability, and education 2 1. Indigenous knowledge systems iks comprises knowledge developed within indigenous societies. Access and control of indigenous knowledge in libraries. Indigenous knowledge systems for appropriate technology. Indigenous knowledge systems and intellectual property. The above kiswahili quotation, said to me during fieldwork by a smallscale farmer in coast region in tanzania, translates into english. The traditional knowledge working group of the government of the northwest territories in canada was one of the first government policy makers to attempt to define the knowledge of indigenous peoples, and they came up with this definition of traditional knowledge.
In explaining the importance of traditional story sharing in indigenous. Indigenous and local knowledge is embedded in a context of values and social conventions, ethical principles, religious. Indigenous knowledge issues which impact on libraries and archives. Indigenous knowledge and sustainable development in africa. In line with the notion of recognising perspectives, the new tok guide places much emphasis on indigenous knowledge. Real freedom will only come when we free ourselves of the domination of western culture, western education and the western way of being. But, as suggested by the subtitle of his seminal book, a yupiaq worldview.
Local people consider the other peoples problems as their problems and try to solve these problems in a whole frame with using their knowledge. Calls for the development and inclusion of indigenous knowledge come also from academics. Experiences in yunnan, china and haruku, indonesia ix knowledge and customary law in the management of natural resources. African indigenous knowledge systems and relevance of.
Based on this discrepancy, it is the role of this paper to explore the dynamics of how theoretical frameworks can be aptly interrelated with indigenous knowledge in an. African indigenous knowledge systems and relevance of higher education in south africa indigenous knowledge systems as a tool for making higher education relevant to the developmental challenges in south africa and african at large muya, 2007. Public declaration of indigenous people oxaca, mexico 1997. View indigenous knowledge research papers on academia. These examples of indigenous scholarship demonstrate the importance of indigenous. Indigenous knowledge of biodiversity highlighted by. This principle reflects the understanding that indigenous peoples hold an extensive wealth of knowledge, even if this knowledge has not always been recognized by postindustrial eurocentric cultures battiste, 2005. It allows different tribes to observe each other in order to have a more efficient life style. Connections at least three ways of knowing have to this area of knowledge. Many of them are rooted in traditional systems of beliefs, which indigenous. Iajiks represents a variety of cross disciplinary interests in ethnomethodology and in qualitative methods.
Indigenous knowledge and customary law in natural resource management. Further, there is an increasing acknowledgement and effort made by their governments to apply them more effectively. Religious believes as a part of indigenous knowledge. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The importance of indigenous knowledge systems for environmental decisionmaking is now widely recognized. Indigenous knowledge, indigenous epistemologies, alaska native education, native science a few years ago, a group of alaska native elders and educators were assembled to identify ways to more effectively utilize traditional knowledge systems and ways of knowing embedded in native communities as a means of enriching the school. Indigenous knowledge systems and higher education in the philippines, ricarte abejuela iii. Indigenous knowledge systems crossing epistemological.
Such local knowledge is the product of indigenous peoples direct experience of the workings of nature and its. Knowledge systems, indigenous knowledge and indigenous technical knowledge 4 2. African indigenous knowledge and the disciplines gloria emeagwali central connecticut state university, usa and george j. Examples include indigenous or traditional dances, music, designs, utensils, terms and expressions, food security, human and animal health, education and natural resource management etc. This book is designed for the field staff of nongovernmental organizations ngos. Mahatma ghandi the school has been the main tool of the state to destroy the culture of indigenous people.
Iajiks represents a variety of cross disciplinary interests in ethnomethodology and in qualitative. Sustainable indigenous knowledge systems in agriculture in. The role of indigenous knowledge in sustainable rural. Indigenous knowledge systems, sustainability, and education 2. Recently indigenous knowledge systems have been given more. A case study of the vietnam mountain regions, tran chi trung, le xuan quynh, vu. Indigenous knowledge systems and their manifestations, including.
Native north american indigenous knowledge information. However, one of the main differences between indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge relies on the power of their respective owners, the power that local knowledge holders lack. The indigenous knowledge systems iks policy was adopted by cabinet in november 2004, thus laying in place the first important milestone in our efforts to recognize, affirm, develop, promote and protect indigenous knowledge systems in south africa. Results from this survey clearly mandate government to implement policies that promote and protect iks, and show that there is a place for a culturederived and culturedriven development. This paper exposes some of the indigenous knowledge systems iks that have been practised immemorial by the kalanga people of zaka district in masvingo in order to manage and protect their environment from land degradation. Indigenous knowledge evolves and develops over time. The dreaming for australian indigenous people sometimes referred to as the dreamtime or dreamtimes is when the ancestral beings moved across the land and created life and significant geographic features. Indigenous knowledge is sometimes called traditional knowledge tk or local knowledge lk. The importance of indigenous knowledge in curbing the loss of language and biodiversity.
Whilst unearthing the complexities and challenges associated with iks. The aboriginal creation myth australia the dreaming. Traditional knowledge is knowledge that derives from, or is rooted in the. Indigenous knowledge is the knowledge that is unique to a given culture or society. Linking indigenous knowledge systems and development. Implications for tertiary education by jerome alvin hammersmith submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of doctor of education in the subject comparative education at the university of south africa promoter. The indigenous knowledge systems of the asantes handed down to them by their past but active forebears carries a lot of weight in biodiversity conservation discussions. Extreme weather events have highlighted the importance of indigenous peoples.
166 1008 680 1518 1005 1109 377 1642 1318 207 174 1307 1654 408 267 473 1524 391 1470 117 664 1383 62 1020 510 381 872 1220 1106 1663 451 1290 1662 1571 421 579 811 987 1101 766 107 487 271 112 856