Indigenous and Minority Populations - Perspectives From Scholars and Writers across the World / Sylvanus Barnabas, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnabas, Sylvanus, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Indigenous peoples--Civil rights.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : IntechOpen, 2023.

Summary:

The sections and chapters contained in this book deal with issues and challenges facing indigenous and minority populations located in several geographical areas of the world. The papers are written by writers and scholars from various parts of the world and, like any piece of literature on indigenous and minority populations, the topics are diverse. The perspectives are both interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary. The issues examined in the various chapters cover areas pertaining to their human rights, preservation of their culture and identity, traditional knowledge, and their challenges, but also scholarly and epistemological approaches to understanding and articulating such topics in academic contexts. Indeed, the issues around indigenous and minority populations across the world transcend their human rights concerns in relation to dominant groups and institutions within the territorial boundaries of the modern states where they currently live. These issues are cultural, anthropological, sociological, philosophical and epistemological, as well as historical. Any scholarly piece of work on indigenous and minority populations is therefore inevitably inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary or both. The various topics examined by the authors epitomize this diversity of issues around such populations. The book is a significant source of information for students, academics, practitioners, policymakers, government officials and non-governmental organisations working on issues that pertain to such populations at national, regional and global levels.

Contents:

1. Indigenous People and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in Zimbabwe

2. Indigenous Cultural Expressions and Methodological Frameworks: Some Thoughts

3. Indigenous Farming Knowledge as a Tool for Addressing Global Warming: A Case Study of the Bedouin in the Negev Arid Highlands - Water Catchments Construction

4. Knowledge and Understanding of the Forest Peoples and the Protection of Their Intangible and Material Heritage in the Context of the Technological Society

5. Modern Education Vis-à-Vis Indigenous Knowledge in Ethiopian School Curriculums.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-80356-948-4