Browsing Journals by Subject "Indigenous knowledge"
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Accessing seasonal weather forecasts and drought prediction information for rural households in Chirumhanzu district, Zimbabwe
(OASIS, 2019)Seasonal weather forecasts and drought hazard prediction through media sources and indigenous knowledge help provide an understanding of early warning systems and the preferred source information by rural households. This ... -
Applying Ayittey’s Indigenous African Institutions to generate epistemic plurality in the curriculum
(AOSIS, 2019)Background: South Africa’s institutions of higher learning are currently experiencing a dispensation in which calls for curricula transformation and decolonisation reverberate. While the need for curricula evolution is ... -
Dispute resolution mechanisms among the Afar People of Ethiopia and their contribution to the Development Process
(2015)Disputes are one of the major factors negatively affecting the development process of any nation. They divert resources that could otherwise be used productively; hence, there appears to be general agreement on their ... -
Identifying knowledge management processes and practices used for decision-making and knowledge sharing in the modern San community
(2014)First People, such as the San community of Platfontein, are the holders of rich and complex knowledge systems that are very important for dispute resolution and decisionmaking. In order to ensure that these knowledge ... -
Knowledge apartheid in disaster risk management discourse: Is marrying indigenous and scientific knowledge the missing link?
(AOSIS Publishing, 2015)Indigenous knowledge (IK) is a key component of disaster risk management (DRM) and development planning, yet it is often overlooked, with practitioners preferring to use scientific knowledge. Critics of IK have termed it ... -
Property rights and traditional knowledge
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)For the past several decades, there has been a push to provide some sort of right akin to an intellectual property right in traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression. This push has encountered staunch ... -
Resilience of informal settlements to climate change in the mountainous areas of Konso, Ethiopia and QwaQwa, South Africa
(OASIS, 2020)Managing change is essential for human survival; thus, the importance of adapting to climate change has been increasingly recognised by researchers and governments alike. This is reflected in the growing literature on ... -
Sotho-Tswana mythic animals: Stratagem for environmental conservation.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)This article argues that pre-colonial indigenous knowledge placed restrictions on the use of certain animals and perceived them as sacred. This policy was often successful as several species of wildlife are to be found ... -
Traditional knowledge system in disaster risk reduction: exploration, acknowledgement and proposition
(OASIS, 2019)The last 60 years have witnessed advanced technological innovation for disaster risk reduction (DRR) with the invention of high-resolution satellite imagery, digital cartography and modern engineering building techniques ...
