"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)