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Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries [Kõva köide]

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"This book presents interdisciplinary research on knowledge management, sharing, and transfer among indigenous communities by providing a unique perspective on alternative knowledge systems"--

Contributors from a wide range of humanities and natural and social sciences explore theoretical aspects of indigenous knowledge systems. Their topics include learning and asserting an African indigenous health research framework, research protocols and ethical considerations in indigenous knowledge systems, indigenous knowledge and knowledge codification in the knowledge economy, the preservation of indigenous knowledge through indigenous languages in Zimbabwe, and psychotherapy in indigenous context: a Ghanaian contribution towards the provision of culturally competent care. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Foreword xix
Preface xx
Acknowledgment xxv
Chapter 1 Binarism as a Recipe for Lukewarm Research into Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Zimbabwe
1(21)
Jacob Mapara
Chapter 2 Researching Indigenous Ways of Knowing-and-Being: Revitalizing Relational Quality of Living
22(28)
Norma Ruth Arlene Romm
Chapter 3 Fourth World Theory and Methods of Inquiry
50(35)
Rudolph Carl Ryser
Dina Gilio-Whitaker
Heidi G. Bruce
Chapter 4 Learning and Asserting an African Indigenous Health Research Framework
85(15)
Abel Jacobus Pienaar
Chapter 5 Language, Participation, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems Research in Mqatsheni, South Africa
100(27)
Constance Khupe
Chapter 6 Application and Contribution of Hermeneutic and Eidetic Phenomenology to Indigenous Knowledge Research
127(29)
Patrick Ngulube
Beatrice Ngulube
Chapter 7 Research Protocols and Ethical Considerations in Indigenous Knowledge Systems
156(17)
Mogege David Mosimege
Chapter 8 Indigenous Knowledge Intelligence and African Development
173(25)
Alexander Maune
Chapter 9 Conceptualizing the Knowledge of Traditional and Indigenous Communities Using Informetrics Approaches
198(27)
Patrick Ngulube
Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha
Chapter 10 Use of Information and Communication Technologies Tools to Capture, Store, and Disseminate Indigenous Knowledge: A Literature Review
225(23)
Petros Nhlavu Dlamini
Chapter 11 Visibility and Accessibility of Indigenous Knowledge on Open Access Institutional Repositories at Universities in Africa
248(19)
Mass Tapfuma
Ruth Hoskins
Chapter 12 Indigenous Knowledges and Knowledge Codification in the Knowledge Economy
267(22)
Edward Shizha
Chapter 13 Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge through Indigenous Languages in Zimbabwe
289(21)
Lawton Hikwa
Esabel Maisiri
Chapter 14 Critical Reflections on Selected Local Narratives of Contextual South African Indigenous Knowledge
310(22)
Mogomme Alpheus Masoga
Chapter 15 Multiple Voices, Multiple Paths: Towards Dialogue between Western and Indigenous Medical Knowledge Systems
332(27)
Rutendo Ngara
Chapter 16 Hybrid Method for Exploring Efficacy of Indigenous Management of Common Cold through African Therapy
359(16)
David Mphuthi
Abel Jacobus Pienaar
Chapter 17 Pluralistic Tendencies in Healing Abantu Illness in the Contemporary South Africa
375(20)
Kholekile Hazel Ngqila
Chapter 18 Psychotherapy in Indigenous Context Psychotherapy in Indigenous Context: A Ghanaian Contribution towards Provision of Culturally Competent Care
395(16)
Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah
Gordon M. Donnir
Chapter 19 Indigenous Communication: A Narrative of Selected Indigenous Practices of the Akan Group of Ghana
411(11)
Adelaide Owusu Agyepong
Chapter 20 Factors Militating Against the Development of Tiv Indigenous Knowledge
422(22)
Tim Cuttings Agber
Compilation of References 444(62)
About the Contributors 506(6)
Index 512
Patrick Ngulube, University of South Africa, South Africa.