Title
Indigenous Techniques of Knowledge Creation in Qinea Schools of Ethiopia
Abstract
Communities have been creating and using indigenous knowledge for centuries. Although there have been advances in knowledge creation, traditional practices may lend an additional lens to better understand knowledge creation efforts. This research explores the potentials of indigenous knowledge creation techniques of instantaneously creating knowledge, which has been in use in Ethiopia Church Schools since the 5th Century. Using an interpretive field study, qualitative data was collected through participant observation, document analysis, and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. Analysis of the data indicated that the indigenous techniques have important implications for knowledge creation and creative problem solving. Besides helping to preserve the heritage of accumulated wisdom, this research plays a role in narrowing the divide between tradition and modernity regarding knowledge creation, and is useful to researchers in creative education, communication, natural language, and information retrieval.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/HICSS.2013.265
HICSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
literature,data analysis
Creative problem-solving,Traditional knowledge,Participant observation,Qualitative property,Indigenous,Computer science,Knowledge management,Knowledge engineering,Creativity,Management science,Knowledge acquisition
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1060-3425
0
0.34
References 
Authors
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mariye Yigzaw111.02
Marie-Claude Boudreau23907205.26
monica j garfield3182.69
Mulugeta Libsie4448.25