The Role of Information Technologies in Indigenous Knowledge Management

Exploring the Role of Resources in Ethnic Minorities’ Adoption of Information and Communication Technology in Preserving Their Cultural Identity in Malaysia

“…Meanwhile, Chikonzo (2006) highlighted the importance of ICT in gathering, preserving and disseminating the indigenous knowledge in Africa. This is supported by Hunter (2005) who indicated that ICT plays a pivotal role for long term preservation of indigenous knowledge. Therefore, the ethnic minorities of Malaysia can adopt the same strategy and by so doing the invaluable culture could be preserved and pass to future generation.…”

Toward Language in Action: Agency-Oriented Application of the GRASAC Database for Anishinaabe Language Revitalization

“…Margaret Noodin (2014, 15) explains that "blood, land and language can be viewed as mediums of continued warfare…the language is a source of history and a means of survival." Among scholars, there is a growing awareness of the importance of preserving indigenous knowledge, such as songs, dance, art practices, and stories (Hunter 2005). Among Anishinaabeg however, there is not as much the need for preservation of traditional arts as there is for reconnecting art practices with indigenous language discourses in relevant vocabulary domains.…”

Preservation of Indigenous Culture among Indigenous Migrants through Social Media: The Igorot Peoples

“…The broad scope of indigenous knowledge, also referred to as traditional or local knowledge, includes languages; cultural heritage in the forms of traditional stories, songs, dances, and ceremonies; and rituals that reflect beliefs related to spirituality, family, land, and social justice [41], [17]. It also includes, but is not limited to dwellings, arts, traditional sacred sites, oral history, food, traditional medicine, and clothing.…”

“…Starting from an initial set of IK classifications derived from insights gained from [41], [38], and [17], it evolved into 18 classifications to which each cultural element observed from the groups were mapped correspondingly.…”