THE DIALECTICS OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDG Community views from Botswana

被引：4

作者：

Andrae-Marobela, Kerstin ^{[1
]}

Okatch, Harriet ^{[1
]}

Masizana-Katongo, Audrey ^{[1
]}

Ngwenya, Barbara N. ^{[1
,2
]}

Monyatsi, Keitseng N. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Botswana, Ctr Sci Res Indigenous Knowledge & Innovat CesrIK, Gaborone, Botswana

[2] Univ Botswana, ORI, Maun, Botswana

[3] ARIPO, Harare, Zimbabwe

来源：

ALTERNATIVE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES | 2012年 / 8卷 / 02期

关键词：

Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR); rural development; poverty; Basarwa; Bakalanga;

D O I：

10.1177/117718011200800204

中图分类号：

C95 [民族学、文化人类学];

学科分类号：

0304 ; 030401 ;

摘要：

Indigenous knowledge (IK) has become a popular subject in the last decade. IK has been recognized by global institutions as a valuable source for scientific innovation and significant in promoting development for poorer communities. However, little attention has been paid to how communities themselves particularly conceptualize IK and how they situate this knowledge in everyday life context. This paper summarizes perceptions of IK from 20 rural communities in the Ghanzi (4) and North-East (16) districts in Botswana. Our findings indicate that IK cannot be defined by contrasting it to other knowledge systems. Rather, IK is abstract and concrete, individual and collective, specific and holistic in a dialectical manner. This inherent "unity of opposites" promotes constant change of IK. Applied to the challenge of linking IK to development, community perceptions inform us that a dialectical process-oriented approach to IK is necessary to harness it for a sustainable development and meaningful education of indigenous people in Botswana.

引用

页码：148 / 162

页数：15

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