Marginalized Knowledge: An Agenda for Indigenous Knowledge Develop-ment and Integration with Other Forms of Knowledge

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  • Dennis Ocholla

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.29173/irie26

Résumé

The purpose of this paper is to re-examine Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in order to suggest an agenda for its development and integration with other forms of knowledge. The paper discusses what marginalization of IK mean, examines the challenges of integrating IK in the mainstream of other forms of knowledges and sug-gests agenda for IK development. The suggested agenda focuses on mapping and auditing IK capacity in Africa, legal and ethical issues, IK management, IK education and training, integration of IK and KM, IK brain drain. The paper recommends that information on IK be widely shared for evaluation, use and further devel-opment.

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2007-09-01

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Ocholla, Dennis. 2007. « Marginalized Knowledge: An Agenda for Indigenous Knowledge Develop-Ment and Integration With Other Forms of Knowledge ». The International Review of Information Ethics 7 (septembre). Edmonton, Canada:236-45. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie26.

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Vol. 7 (2007): African Information Ethics Conference

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Article

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