...Joel Nakitare; Fredrick Otike; Lydiah Mureithi Purpose Commercial entities have recently expressed growing interest in commercialising indigenous knowledge (IK) due to its enormous economic and intrinsic value. As this happens, custodial communities must not be disadvantaged in the process...

...Atcharee Chantamool; Choopug Suttisa; Thom Gatewongsa; Apiradee Jansaeng; Narongsak Rawarin; Hanvedes Daovisan Purpose This study aims to explore how indigenous knowledge, cultural heritage preservation and ethnic identity influence the production of traditional ikat textiles in northeast Thailand...

.... The purpose of this paper is to review current research in the fields of Indigenous knowledge and sustainability to present a research approach which enables a cohesive global way forward for future research projects seeking to understand and preserve Indigenous agricultural knowledge. Design/methodology...

...Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha Purpose This study aims to explore the similarities and differences between the three concepts that are commonly used to describe the knowledge of traditional and indigenous communities, namely, indigenous knowledge, traditional knowledge and local knowledge, with a view...

... elements embedded in Africa’s indigenous healing practices. His study findings suggest that “within Africa’s indigenous knowledge (IK) practices in traditional medicine there are certain aspects that may not be possible to codify”. Masango (2020) cautions that the lack of codification of Africa’s...

...Sally Chepchirchir; Tom Kwanya; Alice Kamau Purpose Indigenous knowledge (IK) is the anchor of survival and stability for indigenous communities. The purpose of this study was to establish how the socioeconomic value of IK can be maximised in Kenya through effective enactment and implementation...