Title: ICTs and the spread of indigenous knowledge
Author: John Liebhardt
Source: Global Voices
Publisher: Stichting Global Voices
Date (published): 05/10/2009
Date (accessed): 05/10/2009
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
At first glance, the relationship between indigenous knowledge and the Internet seems fraught. Indigenous knowledge provides a distinct set of beliefs, practices and representations avidly tied to place; the internet lauds itself for erasing boundaries and borders...
For all their perceived differences, the indigenous knowledge and global knowledge systems have become much closer in the past decade. Indigenous knowledge practitioners have begun leveraging different media to exchange ideas and publicize traditional learning to the larger world.