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You will be doing some thinking and researching about indigenous knowledge systems. Below you will find 4 categories of questions to consider. You need to answer at least one question from each category, but feel free to consider more! You will need to be able to give some more concrete examples, so you will also need to do a little research on at least one Indigenous Knowledge System. You can choose to use one for all your thinking or look at multiple systems as you think and form your responses.
***If you would like to add your own question to any category, please see me and we will make it so!!***
Possible Indigenous Knowledge Systems:
Namaqua of Southern Africa, Secoya of Ecuador and Peru, Ryukyuan of Japan, Maori of New Zealand, Romani of Europe, native tribes of North America…there are MANY!!!
Visit http://www.nativeplanet.org/index.shtml for other ideas.
In general
What makes a knowledge system “indigenous”?
How do we define what an indigenous culture is?
How do indigenous peoples construct their knowledge systems? How does that differ from the methods of the Western knowledge systems?
Language
Think about the language we use to talk about indigenous knowledge systems and cultures. What words does Western, modern culture use? What connotation do those words have and what do they say about how Western, modern systems view and value those indigenous systems?
In what ways does the fact that the information we have on these knowledge systems is largely written/shared from a non-indigenous perspectives affect its reliability?
What role does language play in preserving or maintaining indigenous knowledge systems?
Global view
Think about indigenous knowledge systems in the modern world. What role do they play?
To what extent is it possible to maintain/preserve an indigenous knowledge systems that has contact with and is influenced by a modern system of knowledge?
What are your thoughts on globalization and colonization? On their impact on indigenous knowledge systems?
Ethical considerations
What responsibilities do modern knowledge systems have in preservation/survival of indigenous systems?
To what extent is it possible to ethically seek knowledge about and from these indigenous systems without causing change in them?
You will be doing some thinking and researching about indigenous knowledge systems. Below you will find 4 categories of questions to consider. You need to answer at least one question from each category, but feel free to consider more! You will need to be able to give some more concrete examples, so you will also need to do a little research on at least one Indigenous Knowledge System. You can choose to use one for all your thinking or look at multiple systems as you think and form your responses.
***If you would like to add your own question to any category, please see me and we will make it so!!***
Possible Indigenous Knowledge Systems:
Namaqua of Southern Africa, Secoya of Ecuador and Peru, Ryukyuan of Japan, Maori of New Zealand, Romani of Europe, native tribes of North America…there are MANY!!!
Visit http://www.nativeplanet.org/index.shtml for other ideas.
In general
What makes a knowledge system “indigenous”?
How do we define what an indigenous culture is?
How do indigenous peoples construct their knowledge systems? How does that differ from the methods of the Western knowledge systems?
Language
Think about the language we use to talk about indigenous knowledge systems and cultures. What words does Western, modern culture use? What connotation do those words have and what do they say about how Western, modern systems view and value those indigenous systems?
In what ways does the fact that the information we have on these knowledge systems is largely written/shared from a non-indigenous perspectives affect its reliability?
What role does language play in preserving or maintaining indigenous knowledge systems?
Global view
Think about indigenous knowledge systems in the modern world. What role do they play?
To what extent is it possible to maintain/preserve an indigenous knowledge systems that has contact with and is influenced by a modern system of knowledge?
What are your thoughts on globalization and colonization? On their impact on indigenous knowledge systems?
Ethical considerations
What responsibilities do modern knowledge systems have in preservation/survival of indigenous systems?
To what extent is it possible to ethically seek knowledge about and from these indigenous systems without causing change in them?