The dialectics of indigenous knowledge

Andrae-Marobela, K., Okatch, H., Masizana-Katongo, A., Ngwenya, B. N., & Monyatsi, K. N. (2012). The dialectics of indigenous knowledge.AlterNative: An International Journalof IndigenousScholarship, 8(2), 148-162.

This is a qualitative, explorative case study. Dialetical Method used to Investigate, Primary Focus is to explore a phenomenon.Little attention has been paid to how communities themselves particularly conceptualize Indigenous Knowledge

General agreement of what is "IK” INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE

IK is the knowledge of a community accumulating and evolving over time, for example, “how to tap the maple tree for syrup” is an indigenous knowledge passed from the elder to the young and is often lost over time.IK encompasses all forms of knowledge, including technologies, know how skills, and beliefs. IK enables a community to be independent and maintain the culture and mother tongue.

Indigenous knowledge is individual and collective, abstract and practical