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- Title: Indigenous Knowledge and Libraries: An Afterword.
- Author : Australian Academic & Research Libraries
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 182 KB
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Indigenous peoples and those who create, manage and value libraries and archives share a commitment to the preservation and transmission of knowledge. This superficial generalisation belies many complexities of culture and context. But it is crucial and consequently bears repetition: Indigenous peoples and those who create, manage and value libraries and archives share a commitment to the preservation and transmission of knowledge. As has been illustrated in this collection, notably by Joe Neparrna Gumbula in his enthralling and engaging exploration of the Gupapuyna legacy, knowledge is at the core of being for Indigenous peoples. It locates individuals precisely and inextricably in their communities and interrelates individuals and communities with their natural and spiritual environments. It is conveyed through language and culture as traditional knowledge which is privileged and required to be used appropriately by those authorised within the knowledge system. It has a coherence and orthodoxy which must be maintained to preserve its integrity and passed on to provide meaning for future generations. But it is not static or frozen, not 'carbon dated', it is alive and in responsive dialogue with vibrant cultural life.