THE TELLING: TEACHING INFORMATION MANAGERS ABOUT MANAGEING INDIGENOUS (ECOLOGICAL) KNOWLEDGE

Simon Shurville
Business Information Management and Library Information Management
University of South Australia
Australia

Pericles ‘Asher’ Rospigliosi
E-Business and Management Information Systems
Brighton Business School
University of Brighton, Brighton
UK

Indigenous knowledge (IK) and Indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) are subject areas that contribute to anthropology and multidisciplinary fields such as environmentalism. Here we identify key issues and barriers to teaching about IK/IEK in the context of developing a course for postgraduate information managers and pilots in two courses on Knowledge Management in Organizations.

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