The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty

This series of articles puts forward the case for indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and knowledge sovereignty, featuring selected excerpts from the book Knowledge Sovereignty among African Cattle Herders.

See also:

• Decolonising KM
• Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (section 1): Colonial influences
• Cultural awareness in KM
• KM in international development.

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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 1): Introduction
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 2): The broader context
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 3): The ‘indigenous’ versus the ‘scientific’ position
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 4): Advancing the cause of knowledge sovereignty
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 5): Threats to indigenous knowledge and knowledge sovereignty
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 6): Key debates
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 7): Hybrid knowledge systems: are they feasible?
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 8): Knowledge sovereignty: threats, adaptation and merger
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 9): Knowledge systems of the Beni-Amer
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 10): Moving the debate forward
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 11): Policy and research recommendations
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  The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty (part 12): Reflections on ways forward

Series source: Knowledge Sovereignty among African Cattle Herders is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Header image source: Tigre man from Barka Valley is in the Public Domain. The Beni-Amer people probably emerged in the fourteenth century AD from the intermixing of the Beja and the Tigre.