Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Zimbabwe Open University, Harare, Zimbabwe

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Evolving trends in the generation, transmission, protection and use of indigenous knowledge systems
  Author(s): Vincent Itai Tanyanyiwa*
  
  Although they are disappearing due to globalisation and cultural homogenisation, indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) are the foundation of science. IKS is a unique, cumulative body of knowledge related to the natural environment of a specific geographic area developed by people over generations through experimentation, history of experiences and observations embedded in culture, spirituality and world views . Different words know IKS; indigenous technical knowledge, ethnoscience, local, traditional, people's science, village science . Words function in a field of association., the mental image associated with the word. The images may be positive or negative. Thus the terms indigenous, traditional, folk, village or local tend to have negative connotations like static, conservative or backward. IKS are part of Africa’s heritage, have survived the test from Western views. Instea.. View More»
  

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