IK: Other Ways of Knowing (Journal)
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From Barbara I. Dewey, Dean of The Pennsylvania State University Libraries
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A Review of Culture, Indigenous Knowledge and Development in Africa: Reviving Interconnections for Sustainable Development
Get PDFInterest in Indigenous knowledge is increasingly growing. Researchers from diverse field such as education, science, and agriculture are investigating forms of knowledge that are often local and also owned by indigenous communities. Concerns about the survival of indigenous knowledge has caused some scholars to think about ways to preserve this knowledge since it is generally orally communicated, and often depends on the survival of the indigenous communities that owns it. Integrated curriculum, incorporation of indigenous knowledge into formal education, and teaching of indigenous languages are some approaches advised by scholars to preserved these ways of knowing. These concerns and suggestions shed light to the fact that indigenous knowledge is part of human history and development, and losing that knowledge would mean losing part of what makes us humans, our ability to understand and face challenges from different perspectives, and creatively
The Nile Project: Music as Metaphor
Get PDFThe Nile project, founded in August 2011 by Mina Girgis and Ethiopian-American singer Meklit Hadero, brings together accomplished musicians from the Nile Basin countries, as a way of addressing the cultural and environmental challenges facing the countries of the Nile Basin
Maori Waiata (Music): Re-Writing and Re-Righting the Indigenous Experience
Get PDFThis article examines the role of music in Maori culture and the ways music works to create meaning for Maori people. The article also provides an overview of Maori history and its context within New Zealand
Biocultural Community Protocols: Dialogues on the Space Within
Get PDFThe international legal landscape on rights of indigenous peoples is gathering momentum around the protection of their traditional knowledge and genetic resources. This international momentum is simultaneously engendering complementary trajectories in national law and policy, with terms like \u27access and benefit sharing\u27 and \u27sui generis\u27 protection of traditional knowledge. While these laws attempt to identify rights-holders, define procedures for engagement and outline parameters for what is balanced, fair and equitable they also need to be reconciled with the role and relationship of communities in respect to their lands and knowledge. Genuine engagement with communities has been difficult with lawmakers and businesses understanding community rights to their resources and knowledge from a purely economic point of view. This article identifies lessons from the best practice approach of Ethical BioTrade using biocultural community protocols as a way to deal with this challenge
Kwasinaboo Puha (Snake Medicine)
Get PDFThis article is part historical narrative and part personal memoir. The author begins by explaining the Comanche tribal history of kwasinaboo puha (snake medicine). She then discusses the knowledge of kwasinaboo puha that is passed down to Comanche children through an intergenerational process that combines empirical knowledge of snake taxonomy with cultural knowledge of the kwasinaboo puha story. The author then turns to her own initiation into Comanche tribal life by listening to her grandfather\u27s oral performance of the kwasinaboo puha story. Finally, the author reveals her adult memories of crossing paths with snakes and how kwasinaboo puha presents itself in her poetry. As a result, this article provides readers with an insight into the empirical and metaphorical practices necessary for the continuance of Comanche communal identity and survival in the Lawton area of Oklahoma
Homophily as a Safety Net: Investigating When Smallholder Farmers Decide to Buy Hybrid Seed in Northern Ghana
Get PDFDynamic social relationships can enhance farmer adoption or lead to the rejection of modern seed varieties. Different social pathways provide farmers with information about traditional and commercial seeds. Identifying how social relationships facilitate different varietal use may reveal the informal safety nets indigenous farmers rely on when transitioning to modern varieties. While homophilous relationships have been observed to stifle farmers\u27 adoption of agricultural innovations, these bonded social relationships are the basis for informal seed exchange. Through homophilous relationships, farmers are able to communicate pertinent risks and foster greater support systems. By examining two communities in Northern Ghana, this study tests whether homophilous relationships function as safety nets that prevent farmers from using modern seed or if they mitigate risks of agrobiodiversity decline. Through social network analysis, particular relationships were observed to act as necessary safety nets for farmers\u27 adoption of commercial seed; whom farmers commonly interact with may protect indigenous groups from adverse risk