indigenous
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ABCs of KM
The National Museum of Brazil fire highlights an important knowledge management issue
The fire has destroyed not just physical artifacts, but also irreplaceable knowledge. It didn't have to be this way.
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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 11): Policy and research recommendations
Serious questions that decision-makers need to consider in regard to the role indigenous knowledge plays in designing and implementing development…
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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 10): Moving the debate forward
Now we take the discussion squarely into the realm of the political.
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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 9): Knowledge systems of the Beni-Amer
Analysis of indigenous pastoral knowledge and practice among the Beni-Amer have shown that this knowledge provides a sustainable livelihood for…
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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 8): Knowledge sovereignty: threats, adaptation and merger
Mergers of knowledge, although fraught with difficulty, are possible.
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Brain power
Blackfeet Nation presents hybrid knowledge system to the United Nations
Blackfeet Nation is creating new management concepts that mix the tribe’s core values with western science.
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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 7): Hybrid knowledge systems: are they feasible?
Can indigenous knowledge and scientific knowledge systems be integrated in a way that is not so combative, and if so,…
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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 6): Key debates
An overview of some of the specifc debates being waged between proponents of indigenous knowledge and of scientific knowledge in…
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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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Analysis & counterpoints
The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 4): Advancing the cause of knowledge sovereignty
What is knowledge sovereignty, and what does it mean to be knowledge-sovereign?