Indigenous Knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23636085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Barker (0000-0002-4020-5399, University of the West Indies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | International Encyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0119 |
| OpenAlex | W4238976385 |
| ISBN | 9781118786352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
Indigenous knowledge (IK) is the dynamic and complex body of know‐how, practices, and skills developed and sustained by peoples and communities with shared histories and experiences. It is community‐based, culture‐specific, and location‐specific. It is impressive in content and practical in application, and critical to successful livelihood strategies. Its utility has been extensively documented and researched among small‐scale farming communities in the tropics in relation to land management. IK has important potential roles in development planning and in mitigating the vulnerability of local communities to climate change. Successful realization of these roles raises problematic issues, such as unresolved tensions between scientific knowledge and local knowledge.
Agriculture · Biology · Cartography · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Indigenous · Knowledge management · Livelihood · Scale (ratio) · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Traditional knowledge · Vulnerability (computing) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Computer Science · Ecology · Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Agriculture
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |