What is Indigenous Knowledge?: Voices from the Academy (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)

398 Pages·1999·1.22 MB·English

by  Ladislau Semali

W
HAT IS
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE?
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND SCHOOLING
VOLUME 2
GARLAND REFERENCE LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
VOLUME 1191
I K S
NDIGENOUS NOWLEDGE AND CHOOLING
JOE L.KINCHELOE AND LADISLAUS SEMALI, SERIES EDITORS
EDUCATION, MODERN DEVELOPMENT, WHAT IS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE?
AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE Voices from the Academy
An Analysis of Academic edited by Ladislaus M.Semali and
Knowledge Production Joe L.Kincheloe
by Seana McGovern
W
HAT IS
I K ?
NDIGENOUS NOWLEDGE
V A
OICES FROM THE CADEMY
EDITED BY
LADISLAUS M.SEMALI
JOE L.KINCHELOE
FALMER PRESS
A MEMBER OF THE TAYLOR & FRANCIS GROUP
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1999
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
Copyright © 1999 by Ladislaus M.Semali and Joe. L.Kincheloe
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
What is indigenous knowledge?: voices from the academy/edited by
Ladislaus M.Semali and Joe L.Kincheloe.
p. cm.—(Garland reference library of social
science; v. 1440. Indigenous knowledge and schooling; v. 2)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8153-3157-6 (alk. paper).—ISBN 0-8153-3452-4
(pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Ethnoscience. I. Semali, Ladislaus, 1946– . II. Kincheloe,
Joe L. III. Series: Garland reference library of social science; v. 1440.
IV Series: Garlnd reference library of social science. Indigenous
knowledge and schooling; v. 2.
GN476.W47 1999 99–11975
306.4'2–dc21 CIP
ISBN 0-203-90680-2 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-90758-2 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0-8153-3452-4 (Print Edition)
In memory of Martha J.Semali and Elizabeth B.Kincheloe
mothers and indigenous women
whose wisdom we have grown to cherish

Table of Contents
Preface xi
Decolonizing Indigenous Knowledge
Donaldo Macedo
Chapter One 3
Introduction:
What is Indigenous Knowledge and Why Should We Study It?
Ladislaus M.Semali and Joe L.Kincheloe
Chapter Two 59
Indigenous Knowledge and Schooling: A Continuum Between
Conflict and Dialogue
Mahia Maurial
Chapter Three 79
Indigenous Knowledge as a Component of the School Curriculum
June M.George
Chapter Four 95
Community as Classroom: (Re)Valuing Indigenous Literacy
Ladislaus M.Semali
Chapter Five 119
Science Education in Nonwestern Cultures:
Towards a Theory of Collateral Learning
Olugbemiro J.Jegede
Chapter Six 143
Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Learning, Indigenous Research
Jill Abdullah and Ernie Stringer
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Chapter Seven 157
Indigenous Knowledge Systems—
Ecological Literacy Through Initiation into People’s Science
Madhu Suri Prakash
Chapter Eight 179
Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics
Approach in the Brazilian Landless People Education
Gelsa Knijnik
Chapter Nine 191
Indigenous Music Education in Africa
Clemente K.Abrokwaa
Chapter Ten 209
The Inseparable Link Between Intellectual and Spiritual
Formation in Indigenous Knowledge and Education:
A Case Study in Tanzania
R.Sambuli Mosha
Chapter Eleven 227
Indigenous Languages in the School Curriculum:
What Happened to Kiswahili in Kenya?
Lucy Mule
Chapter Twelve 243
Indigenous Knowledge Systems for an Alternative
Culture in Science: The Role of Nutritionists in Africa
Robert K.N.Mwadime
Chapter Thirteen 269
Agricultural Extension Education and the
Transfer of Knowledge in an Egyptian Oasis
Anne M.Parrish
Chapter Fourteen 285
Indigenous People’s Knowledge and Education:
A Tool for Development
Rodney Reynar
Table of Contents ix
Chapter Fifteen 305
Local Knowledge Systems and Vocational Education
in Developing Countries
Consuelo Quiroz
Chapter Sixteen 317
Indigenous Knowledge, Historical Amnesia and Intellectual
Authority: Deconstructing Hegemony and the Social
and Political Implications of the Curricular “Other”
Frances V.Rains
Chapter Seventeen 333
Indigenous Knowledge:
An Interpretation of Views from Indigenous Peoples
Marcel Viergever
About the Editors and Contributors 361
Index 367