Indigenous knowledge systems: the successes and the polemics
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Van der Linde
KEYWORDS: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-jan-march-2016/indigenous-knowledge-systems
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9169
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9616
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9616
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Abstract
Policy initiatives on indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) have come a long way, but implementation remains problematic and answers are not straightforward, writes Ina van der Linde, reporting on a recent seminar on the topic of Bringing cognitive justice and restorative action into public policymaking.-
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