Digital Preservation and Documentation of Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-6684-7028-2
Verlag: IGI Global

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 280 mm, Gewicht: 1177 g

Indigenous knowledge is regarded as undocumented cultural, local, traditional, and community knowledge produced and owned by local people in their specific communities. It is mainly preserved in the memories of elders and shared or passed on from generation to generation through oral communication, traditional practices, and demonstrations. This irreplaceable resource may be lost forever as a direct result of the pressures of modernization, colonization, and globalization. Concern over the loss of Indigenous knowledge has thus raised a need for the preservation and documentation of this knowledge in digital formats.

Digital Preservation and Documentation of Global Indigenous Knowledge Systems determines how Indigenous knowledge can be documented and digitally preserved to benefit Indigenous knowledge owners and their communities and be accessible for future generations. The book provides the best practices, innovative strategies, theoretical and conceptual frameworks, and empirical research findings regarding the digital preservation and documentation of Indigenous knowledge systems worldwide. Covering topics such as digital media platforms, educational management, and knowledge systems, this premier reference source is a valuable and useful tool for students, information professionals, knowledge managers, records managers, Indigenous knowledge owners, Indigenous community leaders, librarians, archivists, computer scientists, information technology specialists, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Masenya, Tlou Maggie

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Über Autor(innen)

Tlou Maggie Masenya is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Information Systems at Durban University of Technology, with over seven years of working experience in the field of Information Science, Information Systems and Technology. She holds a PhD in Information Science from University of South Africa (UNISA), specializing in Digital Preservation and completed BA (Information Science), BA (HONS) Information Science and MIT degree at the University of Pretoria. She published articles in peer-reviewed accredited journals and numerous book chapters in IGI Global: International academic publisher. She has presented his work at local and international academic conferences. She is an editor for IGI-Global book entitled "Innovative technologies for enhancing knowledge access in academic libraries". Her areas of expertise encompass ICT for Development (ICT4D), Digital Transformation, Digitization, Digital curation and Preservation, Technopreneurship and Digital entrepreneurship, Cloud Computing, Information and Knowledge Management, Indigenous Knowledge System, Disruptive Technologies and Social networks.