Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge in the Higher Education Sector for the Advancement of African Scholarship

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Author(s): Ndwakhulu Stephen Tshishonga (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 20
Source title: The Formation of Intellectual Capital and Its Ability to Transform Higher Education Institutions and the Knowledge Society
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Edgar Oliver Cardoso Espinosa (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8461-2.ch011

Keywords: Higher Education / Information Science Reference / Knowledge Management / Library & Information Science

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This chapter argues that IKS could be used as a framework upon which African scholarship could be claimed and advanced without overlooking the importance and relevance of other knowledge systems. This framework can break superior-inferior, developed-underdeveloped binaries while keeping in mind the core mandate of education, especially in producing skills and a competent and knowledge-based society capable of dealing with both local and international challenges. The academic socialization on IKS would rather require an integrated approach to research which is also interdisciplinary in nature and aimed at interfacing other knowledge systems. This chapter is based on IKS case studies drawn from South African universities. Data obtained from interviews with experts and practitioners in the IKS sector will be engaged to enrich the debates in this chapter.

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