[AISWorld] Final Call: HICSS: Cultural/Indigenous Knowledge Impacts on Knowledge Systems, an Intersection of Beliefs

[Kenneth Trimmer]

All,


 Just a reminder that Friday, June 15, 2012, is the deadline for submission
of manuscripts to our minitrack.  Final decisions will be sent out August
16, 2012.

HICSS 46 will be held January 7-10, 2013, at the Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii.

Information on our minitrack is below.


Cultural/Indigenous Knowledge
Impacts on Knowledge Systems, an Intersection of Beliefs
This minitrack solicits manuscripts that present research or conceptual
frameworks that focus
on the use of cultural or indigenous knowledge in knowledge systems used to
address the
below listed topics (or other topics). Cultural knowledge is that knowledge
particular to a
subgroup of a population. For example in a diverse culture such as the
United States there are
many sub-cultures with their own knowledge such as ethnic groups, activity
focus groups (such
as rappers or skate boarders), or other groups formed on some demographic
premise.
Indigenous knowledge focuses on that knowledge, frequently contained in
oral systems, that
has evolved over the time that Native Peoples have inhabited their
homelands. For example,
Knowledge Systems of outsiders are discussed by indigenous peoples in North
America such
as Native Americans, First Nations People, and Alaska Natives as 'Western'
knowledge.
Indigenous knowledge also applies to rather homogenous populations that
migrated to, and
settled in, an area and have remained settled in that area for generations.
Such populations are
noted for maintenance of customs, language, and beliefs that their
ancestors brought to the new
location. In addition, story-telling, to convey the customs and beliefs,
are a component to these
populations, as they are to more traditionally defined indigenous
populations.
Cultural knowledge may be similar to indigenous knowledge but may have a
much shorter
history and may be conveyed through its own language and online communities.
Such knowledge systems are, in many respects, endangered. Cultural groups
may be short
lived or if long lived, may be in danger of being sublimated into larger
cultural groups.
Indigenous peoples throughout the world are subject to external events,
such as disease and
war, which have annihilated certain populations in the past. In addition,
efforts by outsiders to
have the indigenous population assimilated into their world views
frequently resulted in the loss
of knowledge. Think of the Library at Alexandria. Now think of populations
with only an oral
history and retention of knowledge. What is lost when the last member of
the population is
gone?
Potential topics may include (but are not limited to):
• Sustainability of cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Transfer of cultural/indigenous knowledge (between member and/or outside
the group)
• Technology support for cultural/indigenous knowledge systems
• Identification of cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Representation of cultural/indigenous knowledge
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• Elicitation and capture of cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Case studies of cultural/indigenous knowledge groups and/or systems
• Using social media to capture and convey cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Conflicts with cultural/indigenous knowledge (between members, between
those in the
group and those outside the group)
• Issues in transferring and using cultural/indigenous knowledge by
non-members
• Issues (such as retirement, extinction, and/or sublimation) causing the
loss of
cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Value of cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Understanding and using religion and/or spirituality in the capture and
use of
cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Ontology and taxonomy of cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Member identification of cultural/indigenous knowledge groups
• Intellectual Property rights associated with cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Risk management of cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Societal impacts from cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Lifecycles of cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Nomological nets associated with cultural/indigenous knowledge
• Application of cultural/indigenous knowledge to nontraditional uses
• Non-traditional solutions to managing cultural/indigenous knowledge


Minitrack Leaders
Ken Trimmer (primary contact)
Idaho State University
Email: trimkenn at isu.edu


Nilmini Wickramasinghe
Epworth Chair Health Information Management
RMIT University, Australia
email: nilmini.wickramasinghe at rmit.edu.au
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