{"product_id":"foundations-of-indigenous-knowledge-epistemology-ontology-and-the-philosophy-of-knowing-vol-2-9798233723346","title":"Foundations of Indigenous Knowledge: Epistemology, Ontology, and the Philosophy of Knowing Vol.2","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): J. N. Nartey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: J.N. Nartey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: J.N. Nartey\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Multicultural Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOUNDATIONS OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS: Epistemology, Ontology, and the Philosophy of Knowing - Volume Two\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eIKS Global Textbook Series, Book One\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was done to indigenous knowledge - and what can be done to restore it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume Two takes the philosophical foundations built in Volume One and tests them against the hardest questions in the field. Part Three confronts colonialism as an epistemological project: the mechanisms of epistemicide, the contested relationship between Western science and indigenous ways of knowing, and the limits of international law as protection - from UNDRIP and the 2024 WIPO Treaty to South Africa's Indigenous Knowledge Systems Act. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Four turns toward reconstruction: the decolonisation of education and research, the paradoxes of documentation and preservation, the indigenous research methodologies that engage with IKS on its own terms, and the affirmative case - supported by evidence from climate science, health, governance, and education - that indigenous knowledge is an indispensable dimension of the cognitive range humanity needs to survive this century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume closes with a Conclusion synthesising the full two-volume argument, an Afterword on the obligations that genuine engagement creates, and the consolidated Glossary and Bibliography for the complete work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe world built on Western knowledge alone is the world in crisis. Volume Two asks what it would take to think differently - and what stands in the way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePart of the ten-volume IKS Global Textbook Series - Continues from Volume One\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J.N. Nartey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776020398231,"sku":"9798233723346","price":5108.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233723346.webp?v=1777993814","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/foundations-of-indigenous-knowledge-epistemology-ontology-and-the-philosophy-of-knowing-vol-2-9798233723346","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}