Ethiopia - Study on the use of ICT for Indigenous Knowledge
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This brief paper discusses the role of information and communication technologies in gathering, storing and disseminating indigenous knowledge, the various community-based structures to be used in order to safeguard and transfer indigenous knowledge and the best practices around the world in using IK systems for development. The paper discusses the link between indigenous knowledge and global knowledge systems and some of the lessons from knowledge for development initiatives. The paper concludes with recommendations for enhancing the role of information and communication technologies in general and knowledge management in particular to collect, preserve and exchange indigenous knowledge in Ethiopia. The aim is not come up with scientific and detailed treatment of these issues but rather to raise salient points around the intersection between information and communication technologies and IK systems.
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