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Promoting African indigenous knowledge in the knowledge economy Exploring the role of higher education and libraries

机译：在知识经济中促进非洲土著知识探索高等教育和图书馆的作用

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore why Africa's indigenous knowledge is not playing a more active and visible role in the knowledge economy and to the roles that academia and librarians must play for it to be so. Design/methodology/approach - The paper's approach is to combine a literature review and discussion of the issues. Findings - The importance of indigenous knowledge to development has been established over the years. Calls have been made for African universities to take indigenous knowledge into account in their teaching and research, and to view indigenous knowledge as valuable and as a way of addressing the view of Africa as a consumer of knowledge rather than a generator and contributor of knowledge.However, whilst there have been some initiatives in academia and in libraries to integrate indigenous knowledge into their activities, it has not been enough. The reasons are many and varied and stem largely from the globalizing and unifying nature of the world education system. However, this system does also offer an opportunity for African universities to distinguish themselves as African universities that have something different to offer the world. Research limitations/implications - The paper focuses on universities and libraries in Africa in general although Africa is a vast continent and there are differences in context. Practical implications - Universities and libraries should look inward and find creative ways of integrating Western and indigenous knowledge systems in their teaching, research, engagement and information management. Originality/value - The paper explores concrete ways that academia and libraries can address the matter of integrating indigenous knowledge into their activities to ensure recognition as being distinctively African.
机译：目的-本文的目的是探讨非洲的土著知识为何没有在知识经济中发挥更加积极和明显的作用，以及学术界和图书馆员必​​须发挥的作用。设计/方法/方法-本文的方法是将文献综述与问题讨论结合起来。调查结果-多年来，已经确立了土著知识对发展的重要性。已经呼吁非洲的大学在教学和研究中考虑到土著知识，并认为土著知识是宝贵的，是解决非洲作为知识消费者而不是知识创造者和贡献者的观点的一种方式。但是，尽管学术界和图书馆采取了一些举措，将土著知识纳入其活动，但还远远不够。原因是多种多样的，并且很大程度上源于世界教育体系的全球化和统一性。但是，该系统也确实为非洲大学提供了一个机会，使其有能力为世界提供与众不同的非洲大学。研究的局限性/意义-尽管非洲是一个广阔的大陆且背景有所不同，但本文主要关注非洲的大学和图书馆。实际意义-大学和图书馆应向内看，并找到在其教学，研究，参与和信息管理中整合西方和本土知识系统的创新方法。原创性/价值-本文探讨了学术界和图书馆可以采取的具体方式，以解决将土著知识纳入其活动的问题，以确保被认可为非洲特色。

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