Can IK be communicated through foreign languages without losing its authenticity?
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Date
2011
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IKTC2011
Abstract
In this paper, we present an open issue for panel discussion on the
relation between the language of knowledge transfer and the
contextual and peculiar nature of indigenous, traditional or local
Knowledge itself. We highlight intriguing opinions from language
education experts, linguistics researchers and other stakeholders,
that raise a number of concerns to be considered at this early stage
of research development in indigenous knowledge technology. If
language is entwined with the knowledge system itself can IK
then ever be transferred across languages? In other words does IK
lose its authenticity and values through translations and foreign
language media?
Description
Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference (IKTC) (2011 Nov. 2-4 : Windhoek, Namibia)
Keywords
Traditional knowledge, Knowledge economy, Indigenous knowledge, Knowledge transfer, Language education, Conferences and workshops, Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference, 2011, Windhoek, IKTC2011 Conference, 2011, Windhoek
Citation
Muyingi, H. N. (2011). Can IK be communicated through foreign languages without losing its authenticity? In N. J. Bidwell, & H. Winschiers-Theophilus (Eds.), Proceedings of the Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference 2011: Embracing Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a New Technology Design Paradigm (pp. 116-117). Windhoek, Namibia: IKTC2011.