Fourth World Theory and Methods of Inquiry

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Author(s): Rudolph Carl Ryser (Center for World Indigenous Studies, USA), Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Center for World Indigenous Studies, USA)and Heidi G. Bruce (Center for World Indigenous Studies, USA)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 35
Source title: Handbook of Research on Theoretical Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Developing Countries
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Patrick Ngulube (University of South Africa, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0833-5.ch003

Keywords: Digital Divide & Developing Countries / Government & Law / Information Science Reference / Knowledge Management

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Fourth World Theory (FWT) emerged in the experience of political leaders and scholars seeking to explain the position of non-state nations and peoples in their political and sometimes violent interactions with other non-state nations and with states' governments that pursue dominance and control over territories and peoples inside claimed boundaries. The conceptual framework of FWT is rooted in the dynamic and evolving relationships between people, the land and the cosmos. Authors explain the globally shared Four Directions metaphor as symbolic of the relational connection of human experience with the land and the cosmos; and how this emblematic instrument blends qualitative, quantitative and relational reasoning to apply knowledge systems that have local, regional and global applications. The authors seek to present a tested conceptual framework that permits one to explain social, economic, political, environmental, strategic and cultural phenomena blending indigenous scientific knowledge with conventional sciences.

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