A CONCEPTUAL STUDY ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
Author: Dr. S. Sundararajan
Assistant Professor in Management, Skyline University Nigeria
Published Date: 2023-09-16
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Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge Management, Community, Intellectual Property Rights, indigenous knowledge approaches, culture and cultural rituals.
Abstract:
The information that local residents have accumulated over time and are
still developing is called indigenous knowledge. It is based on experience, has been
used frequently over many years, is dynamic and ever-changing, and has been adapted
to the culture of the area. People are intimately familiar with a variety of facets of their
surroundings and daily activities. Over the years, people have developed the skills
necessary to produce food and survive in the wild. They are aware of which plants are
harmful, which plants can be used to treat illnesses in people, animals, and plants, and
when to sow and weed. They are also aware of the best crops to plant. Indigenous
knowledge has served as the cornerstone for a variety of endeavours that support a
society and its environment in many parts of the world, including agriculture, food
preparation and conservation, health care, education, and more. Usually, it is passed
down from one generation to the next through cultural customs and oral tradition. This
paper thus discusses. benefits of Indigenous knowledge for local people, methods for
recording indigenous knowledge, concerns about documenting indigenous knowledge
systems, the steps that go into Indigenous Knowledge Management (IKM), the
challenges that come with it, the ways that indigenous knowledge (IK) can be shared
and communicated, and indigenous knowledge strategies.
