Centering Relationality: A Conceptual Model to Advance Indigenous Knowledge Organization Practices
Sandra Littletree, Miranda Belarde-Lewis and, Marisa Elena Duarte
Abstract
Scholars and practitioners have exposed the limitations of traditional Euro-American approaches to knowledge organization (KO) when it comes to Indigenous topics. To develop more effective KO practices, there is a need for KO practitioners to understand Indigenous perspectives at an epistemological level. A theoretically-informed model of Indigenous systems of knowledge serves as a pedagogical tool to support the labor of boundary-spanning and code-switching between Euro-American KO practices and Indigenous KO practices.
Topics & Concepts
IndigenousTraditional knowledgeSociologyKnowledge managementBoundary (topology)Code (set theory)Conceptual modelBest practiceEngineering ethicsPolitical scienceEpistemologyComputer scienceEngineeringLawEcologyPhilosophySet (abstract data type)BiologyMathematical analysisMathematicsProgramming languageIndigenous Knowledge Systems and AgricultureIndigenous Cultures and Socio-EducationIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights