local knowledge
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KM & SDGs initiative
Video and Mural from KM4Dev Knowledge Café 33: Mapping local knowledge for sustainable development
The Knowledge Café 33 outcomes will provide input into the new version of the Agenda Knowledge for Development and particularly…
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Events
KM4Dev Knowledge Café 33: Mapping local knowledge for sustainable development
Online Zoom meeting, Wednesday 24 April 2024, 3:00pm-4:30pm CEST (UTC +2).
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them
Researchers reviewed evidence on traditional knowledge for coping with climate change, and found much of it was scientifically plausible.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
How far can imperfect knowledge go in generating solutions?
Investing in infrastructure is meaningless if not accompanied by investment in soft intangible assets like knowledge, information, and fluid networks.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Creating a level playing field for local food and indigenous knowledge systems
Developing countries should make sure foreign forces do not accelerate loss of local food and indigenous knowledge systems (IKS).
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Stakeholder and community engagement
Women are influencers in rural communities
Research finds women are opinion leaders in implementing sustainable and developmental initiatives in local communities.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
The curse of imported knowledge and extractive investment models
Alternative community development models should be considered to put local people and local knowledge at the centre of development.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Importance of Indigenous and local knowledge. Bringing Spanish-language research to the English-speaking world.
Exploring how Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is understood within Spanish research literature.
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
How COVID19 has redefined knowledge and the value of intangible resources
It has taken a crisis like COVID19 for intangible resources such as community engagement and relationships to start receiving the…
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Decolonising knowledge & KM
Toward indigenous ways of recognizing knowledge and wisdom
By clinging to western formal education systems that value the written word, African policy makers continue to undermine vast pools…
