Local Knowledge and Gender in Ghana

Local Knowledge and Gender in Ghana
Author: Christine Müller
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3839403782

The emergence of global knowledge societies is recently questioning the meaning and relevance of local knowledge in the context of Southern countries. Women have proved to be the central actors in the multiple channels of local-global networking, using these new social ties for the negotiation of old and new elements of knowledge, scientific knowledge and development discourses. The inherent politicisation of knowledge and the direct objective of transforming societal institutions are not only signs of resistance against global hegemony, but serve for a new definition and for a defence of local culture and of local knowledge.

Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies

Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies
Author: Gudrun Lachenmann
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780739126196

"Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies explores the negotiation processes of global development concepts such as gender equality, human rights, and poverty alleviation. It focuses on three countries that are undergoing different Islamization processes: Senegal, Sudan, and Malaysia. While much has been written about the hegemonic production and discursive struggle of development concepts globally, this book analyzes the negotiation of these development concepts locally and translocally. This comparative study examines the ways the activities of women's organizations and groups constitute new spaces by transferring and negotiating global development concepts, networking, and interactions with different local and translocal actors. Negotiating Development in Muslim Societies broadens the understanding of the relationship between gender, development, and Islam and the meanings of development in different cultural contexts in a globalizing world."--BOOK JACKET.

Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood

Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood
Author: Ulrike Sill
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004188886

This book offers a detailed study of how the practices and notions of the Basel Mission regarding women and gender were received, conceptualised and negotiated in local terms in pre and early colonial Ghanaian societies, 1843-1885.

Working with indigenous knowledge

Working with indigenous knowledge
Author: Fhumulani M. Mulaudzi
Publisher: AOSIS
Total Pages: 296
Release:
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1779952597

The aim of the book is to assist both local and international scholars in articulating the scholarly discourse on indigenous health attitudes, practices, and experiences. The indigenous lens that was used to generate and disseminate indigenous knowledge in this book will strengthen indigenous scholarship, thus making it accessible to a wider audience. In addition, the information shared in this book will add value for scholars and assist them with the indigenous knowledge needed to address sustainable development goals. This book is timeous and topical as the discourse on the decolonisation of the curriculum is widely debated in the higher education space. The discourse on the scholarship of indigenous knowledge, as the tacit local knowledge that stems from cultural practices within communities, has not been well articulated in the current health science education milieu. Indigenous knowledge has remained overlooked and undermined for a very long time and the information remains untapped in local communities. The scholars who conducted the research on which this book is based unearthed a wealth of knowledge which was tacit in nature and translated it into implicit knowledge that can be documented and shared with other scholars globally. This knowledge will assist health care scholars in benefiting from knowledge, practices and cultural beliefs that will assist them in health care planning, teaching, evidence-based practice and further research.

Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context

Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context
Author: Hameed, Shahul
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2019-02-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1522560629

Society is continually moving towards global interaction, and nations often contain citizens of numerous cultures and backgrounds. Bi-culturalism incorporates a higher degree of social inclusion in an effort to bring about social justice and change, and it may prove to be an alternative to the existing dogma of mainstream Europe-based hegemonic bodies of knowledge. The Handbook of Research on Indigenous Knowledge and Bi-Culturalism in a Global Context is a collection of innovative studies on the nature of indigenous bodies’ knowledge that incorporates the sacred or spiritual influence across various countries following World War II, while exploring the difficulties faced as society immerses itself in bi-culturalism. While highlighting topics including bi-cultural teaching, Africology, and education empowerment, this book is ideally designed for academicians, urban planners, sociologists, anthropologists, researchers, and professionals seeking current research on validating the growth of indigenous thinking and ideas.

Gender and Governance in Rural Services

Gender and Governance in Rural Services
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Rural development
ISBN: 9780821376584

It focuses India, Ethiopia, and Ghana, and focuses on two public services: agricultural extension, as an example of an agricultural service, and on drinking water, as an example of rural service that is not directly related to agriculture but is of high relevance for rural women.

What Is Ailing Africa? — Practical Philosophy in Reinventing Africa

What Is Ailing Africa? — Practical Philosophy in Reinventing Africa
Author: Stephen Onyango Ouma
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2024-04-11
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004697659

Not only does this book detail the colonial experiences in Africa through what the author refers to as a ‘social construct,’ it also vehemently criticises modern African governments for their current corruption and maintenance of the continent's situation. This book presents a two-pronged analysis of Africa’s predicament by looking at the duality of ethics and identity. It tries to trace the problematic aspects of westernization and modernization within the contexts of neo-colonialism and continued exploitation of Africa by external forces, as well as the complicity of Africans themselves.

Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries

Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries
Author: Ngulube, Patrick
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2016-09-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1522508392

Knowledge systems are an essential aspect to the preservation of a community’s culture. In developing countries, this community-based knowledge has significant influence on such things as decision making and problem solving. The Handbook of Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries is an authoritative reference source for the latest scholarly research on the importance of knowledge and value systems at the community level and ways indigenous people utilize this information. Highlighting impacts on culture and education in developing nations, this book is ideally designed for researchers, academicians, policy makers, students, and professionals interested in contemporary debates on indigenous knowledge systems.

Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Governance

Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Governance
Author: Eromose E. Ebhuoma
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2022-06-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030994112

This book investigates indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in sub-Saharan Africa, thereby highlighting its role in facilitating adaptation to climate variability and change, and also demystifying the challenges that prevent it from being integrated with scientific knowledge in climate governance schemes. Indigenous people and their priceless knowledge rarely feature when decision-makers prepare for future climate change. This book showcases how Indigenous knowledge facilitates adaptation to climate change, including how collaborations with scientific knowledge have cascaded into building people’s resilience to climatic risks. This book also pays delicate attention to the factors fueling epistemic injustice towards Indigenous knowledge, which hampers it from featuring in climate governance schemes across sub-Saharan Africa. The key insights shared in this book illuminate the issues that contribute meaningfully towards the actualisation of the UN SDG 13 and promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in sub-Saharan Africa.

Indigenous Knowledge and Learning in Asia/Pacific and Africa

Indigenous Knowledge and Learning in Asia/Pacific and Africa
Author: D. Kapoor
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2010-09-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0230111815

This collection makes a unique contribution towards the amplification of indigenous knowledge and learning by adopting an inter/trans-disciplinary approach to the subject that considers a variety of spaces of engagement around knowledge in Asia and Africa.