Resurgence and Revalorization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Contemporary Society - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798337341255

Publisher: Information Science Reference, 2025

Synopsis

Indigenous knowledge is the comprehensive body of knowledge that locals accumulate from life experience, unofficial research, and close observation of their surroundings within a particular culture. It connects the entirety of nature and the components that sustain life to the survival of every human being. Additionally, it gives specific community conditions in respect to the environment and offers workable answers to people's problems. As a result, by preserving indigenous knowledge systems, indigenous knowledge may provide value to the community by offering innovative solutions to social, environmental, and economic issues. Resurgence and Revalorization of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the Contemporary Society explores the role of indigenous knowledge in the contemporary society. Furthermore, it discusses the importance of preserving and sharing indigenous knowledge for community development. Covering topics such as epistemic diversity, traditional load, and indigenous curricula, this book is an excellent resource for sociologists, policymakers, government officials, environmentalists, educators, records managers, professionals, researchers, scholars, academicians, and more.

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About the Authors

Tlou Maggie Masenya holds PhD in Information Science from the University of South Africa (UNISA) and a Masters in Information Technology from the University of Pretoria (UP). She has 11 years of working experience as a senior lecture in the field of Information Science, Information Systems and Technology at University of South Africa, University of Zululand and Durban University of Technology. She is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems at the Durban University of Technology. She is a distinguished researcher with extensive, impressive national and international research standing and has published numerous book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals within the broad niche area of Digital transformation, ICT4D, Digital preservation and Data Curation, Records and Knowledge Management,Technopreneurship, Digital Entrepreneurship, Cloud Computing, Innovative Pedagogies, Disruptive Technologies and Indigenous Knowledge Systems, which had a positive impact on her scholarly growth. She recently edited four books, published by IGI- Global International Academic Publisher in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Her research publications have consistently pushed the frontiers in Information Science and Technology and related fields and have become highly cited by academics and scholars globally. she is constantly reviewing journal articles and book chapters for Springer, SAJIM, Mousaion, JSASA, IFLA Journals and IGI-Global book chapters, just to name a few. She has also participated and contributed to numerous community engagement research projects throughout her academic career.

Dr Monicca Thulisile Bhuda holds PhD holder in Social Sciences with Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) from the North-West University (NWU), with 7 years’ experience of teaching within the IKS, culture and heritage fields. She is a coordinator of a programme that focuses on African identities, Heritage and History at the University of Mpumalanga.Furthermore,. She also a culture and heritage lecturer within the same University. Currently as an academic, she has 30 academic publications on IKS and presented 35 abstracts in diverse conferences. She is co supervising students who are registered for master’s degrees in IKS with NWU. She also has been declared a national expert of IKS by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture in the republic of South Africa and has served in a national panel of experts since 2021 until present. In 2023, she has been awarded by the South African National Heritage Council (NHC) under the category of Voice of heritage. The North-West University in 2023 also awarded her with an alumni excellence award within the education category. She has been featured numerous times on TV, radio and newsletters as an IKS and culture expert.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798337341255
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 640
• Editor: Masenya Tlou Maggie, Bhuda Monicca Thulisile