global south
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Brain power
The global South is changing how knowledge is made, shared and used
Europe and North America dominate the global production of knowledge, but this is changing as a process of creating knowledge…
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Cultural awareness in KM
You can’t characterize human nature if studies overlook 85 percent of people on Earth
Researchers are realizing that universalizing findings from countries representing less than 15 percent of the world's population might not make…
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KM in sustainable development
When will developing countries stop importing knowledge?
Developing countries continue to depend on outside knowledge, at the expense of indigenous knowledge systems that are much more locally…
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ABCs of KM
How do we fix the world’s very unequal knowledge – and knowledge management – map?
Where are the majority of knowledge management (KM) research papers produced, and what are the implications of this?
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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 5): Threats to indigenous knowledge and knowledge sovereignty
The global North stands accused of ‘academic colonialism’, with scholars in the global South forced to submit to the dominant…
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Brain power
Global South scholars are missing from European and US journals. What can be done about it
South-based scholars are often not part of major debates and conversations in their field. This points to a severe imbalance…
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News & community
Self-perpetuating hierarchies and their effects on knowledge flows
Recognising that Global North-South knowledge flows can go both ways breaks down traditional hierarchies that prevent innovative and holistic thinking.
