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Handbook of research on theoretical perspectives on indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries

Patrick Ngulube (Editor), IGI Global (Publisher)
Presents interdisciplinary research on knowledge management, sharing, and transfer among indigenous communities. Providing a unique perspective on alternative knowledge systems, this publication is a critical resource for sociologists, anthropologists, researchers, and graduate-level students in a variety of fields.
eBook, English, 2017
IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2017
1 online resource (xxv, 515 pages) : illustrations
9781522508342, 9781522508335, 1522508341, 1522508333
958438685
Binarism as a recipe for lukewarm research into indigenous knowledge systems in Zimbabwe / Jacob Mapara
Researching indigenous ways of knowing-and-being: revitalizing relational quality of living / Norma Ruth Arlene Romm
Fourth world theory and methods of inquiry / Rudolph Carl Ryser, Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Heidi G. Bruce
Learning and asserting an African indigenous health research framework / Abel Jacobus Pienaar
Language, participation, and indigenous knowledge systems research in Mqatsheni, South Africa / Constance Khupe
Application and contribution of hermeneutic and eidetic phenomenology to indigenous knowledge research / Patrick Ngulube, Beatrice Ngulube
Research protocols and ethical considerations in indigenous knowledge systems / Mogege David Mosimege
Indigenous knowledge intelligence and African development / Alexander Maune
Conceptualizing the knowledge of traditional and indigenous communities using informetrics approaches / Patrick Ngulube, Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
Use of information and communication technologies tools to capture, store, and disseminate indigenous knowledge: a literature review / Petros Nhlavu Dlamini
Visibility and accessibility of indigenous knowledge on open access institutional repositories at universities in Africa / Mass Tapfuma, Ruth Hoskins
Indigenous knowledges and knowledge codification in the knowledge economy / Edward Shizha Preservation of indigenous knowledge through indigenous languages in Zimbabwe / Lawton Hikwa, Esabel Maisiri
Critical reflections on selected local narratives of contextual South African indigenous knowledge / Mogomme Alpheus Masoga
Multiple voices, multiple paths: towards dialogue between western and indigenous medical knowledge systems / Rutendo Ngara
Hybrid method for exploring efficacy of indigenous management of common cold through African therapy / David Mphuthi, Abel Jacobus Pienaar
Pluralistic tendencies in healing Abantu illness in the contemporary South Africa / Kholekile Hazel Ngqila
Psychotherapy in indigenous context psychotherapy in indigenous context: a Ghanaian contribution towards provision of culturally competent care / Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah, Gordon M. Donnir
Indigenous communication: a narrative of selected indigenous practices of the Akan Group of Ghana / Adelaide Owusu Agyepong
Factors militating against the development of Tiv indigenous knowledge / Tim Cuttings Agber