Indigenous Knowledge by Kai Horsthemke - 9781793604187

Indigenous KnowledgePhilosophical and Educational Considerations\nAuthor(s): Kai Horsthemke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books\nISBN-13: 9781793604187, 978-1793604187\nSynopsis\nAlthough the manifestation of what is taken to be indigenous knowledge could presumably be traced back roughly to the origins of humankind, the idea of indigenous knowledge is a fairly recent phenomenon. It has arguably gained conceptual and discursive currency only over the past half century, with a veritable slew of conferences, workshops, special journal editions, and anthologies devoted to the topic. Yet, there has been no treatise that offers a comprehensive, critical examination of this notion. Accounts of indigenous knowledge usually focus on explanations of indigenous, local, traditional, African and the like but to date not a single defense of indigenous knowledge has bothered to explain the particular understanding of knowledge the auth.