This article examines the design of digital indigenous knowledge archives. In a discussion of the distinction between indigenous knowledge and western science, a decentred perspective is developed, in which the relationship between different local knowledges is explored. The particular characteristics of indigenous knowledges raise questions about if and how these knowledges can be managed. The...

In this special issue of the Australian and International Journal Rural Education, international scholars consider how rural knowledges are – or not embedded in their local educational systems. They draw on work, research, lived-experiences education to explore opportunities challenges enacting place-conscious curriculum pedagogies.

In this editorial, we introduce the main themes discussed in special issue and advocate for a more integrative history of knowledge across disciplinary boundaries through reconsideration language 'ancient' 'modern'. We discuss how essays collected seek to go beyond recurring metaphor quarrel competition between antiquity modernity, related representations key individuals groups as ‘pioneers’ mo...

Human-caused changes to the planet have led to worldwide social and environmental disruption. Many of the changes so produced are wicked problems: that is, problems which lie outside the current capacity of the society to resolve them. Resolving such problems requires comprehensive social change. This in turn calls for collaboration among the multiple knowledges into which Western thinking has ...

Knowledge of an agent depends on the granulation procedure adopted by the agent. The knowledge granules may form a partition of the universe or a covering. In this paper dependency degrees of two knowledges have been considered in both the cases. A measure of consistency and inconsistency of knowledges are also discussed.

This policy brief explores the use and expands the conversation on the ability of geospatial technologies to represent Indigenous cultural knowledge. Indigenous peoples’ use of geospatial technologies has already proven to be a critical step for protecting tribal self-determination. However, the ontological frameworks and techniques of Western geospatial technologies differ from those of Indige...

In this paper, I critically examine a number of notions about interdisciplinaryresearch approaches to the challenges posed by the world today. I juxtapose thiscritique with a discussion of interdisciplinary developments in Pacific studies, rais-ing questions as to how deeper dialogues between academic disciplines and theworldviews of Pacific Islanders may be reached. While inter...

There are ideas about Bhuta found in Ancient Tamil Literatures. They Fall into Three categories. Among them, natural objects (five elements) associated with Religion, the worship god Sathukka is Sramana Religions like Jainism, Bhddhism, and protective Ganam or collective Bhutas Saivism. This Article examines these three types of detail.