Muyingi, Hippolyte N.2012-02-132012-02-132011Muyingi, 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: IKTC2011.978-99945-72-37-3http://hdl.handle.net/10628/291Indigenous Knowledge Technology Conference (IKTC) (2011 Nov. 2-4 : Windhoek, Namibia)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?enTraditional knowledgeKnowledge economyIndigenous knowledgeKnowledge transferLanguage educationConferences and workshopsIndigenous Knowledge Technology Conference, 2011, WindhoekIKTC2011 Conference, 2011, WindhoekArticle