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<p class="MsoNormal">Minitrack – Knowledge Systems Track, 45^th
Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">January 4-7, 2012, Maui</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Paper submissions by June 15, 2011</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Indigenous Knowledge and Other Knowledge Systems, an
Intersection of beliefs. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">This minitrack solicits manuscripts that present research or
conceptual frameworks that focus on knowledge systems addressing the
contribution of Indigenous Knowledge to the ‘scientific’ Knowledge Systems of
the outsiders.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Indigenous knowledge
focuses on that knowledge, frequently contained in oral systems, that has
evolved over the time that Native Peoples have inhabited their homelands.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>Indigenous knowledge is a form of tacit
knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Thus tacit knowledge is
critical and ways to capture this tacit knowledge including but not limited to
Nonakas knowledge transformations is an important consideration so this
knowledge is not lost over time.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>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.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">A growing number of other conferences, specific to
indigenous knowledge can be located for those desiring to gain more insight
into this topic.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>A considerable
discussion can be located in Anthropology Research, although there is a growing
body of knowledge recognizing the contribution to science made by indigenous
knowledge.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Such knowledge systems are, in many respects,
endangered.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Indigenous peoples
throughout the world are subject to external events, such as disease and war,
which have annihilated certain populations in the past.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>In addition, efforts by outsiders to have the
indigenous population assimilated into their world views frequently resulted in
the loss of knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Think of the Library
at Alexandria.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Now think of populations
with only an oral history and retention of knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>What is lost when the last member of the
population is gone?</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Indigenous or traditional knowledge contributes to knowledge
that tends to be classified as ‘scientific’ in a variety of modes.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Because the knowledge of Indigenous peoples
led them on a path of sustainability, such perspectives are of value in
expanding the growing body of knowledge by humans.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">   </span>A series of topics addressing potential
areas for combining Indigenous and other forms of knowledge are listed below.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Potential Topics</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Sustainability</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Healthcare</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Technology</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Water</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Soil</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Agriculture</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Forestry</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Culture</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Resource
Conservation</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Resource
Management</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Education</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Spirituality</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Epistemologies</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Ecology</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Communication
of Knowledge</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Organizations</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Intellectual
Property</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Minitrack Co-Chairs</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Ken Trimmer</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Indigenous
Nations Institute</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Idaho State
University</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Pocatello,
Idaho, United States of America</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:trimkenn@isu.edu">trimkenn@isu.edu</a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Nilmini
Wickramasinghe</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Deputy Head
Research</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">RMIT
University</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Melbourne,
Victoria, Australia</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:nilmini.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au" target="_blank"><span class="il">nilmini</span>.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au</a></p>