<p class="MsoNormal">Colleagues,</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">Please find the call for
papers for our minitrack on Cultural/Indigenous Knowledge</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">Impacts on Knowledge
Systems, an Intersection of Beliefs, for the 46^th Hawaiian
International Conference on System Sciences below.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">Conference information
can be reviewed here <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm</a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">The Call for Papers is
at this location: <a href="http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/46cfp.doc">http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/46cfp.doc</a></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">Important dates are as
follows:</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">June 15: Submission
deadline</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">August 15: Notification</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none">September 15: Final
submission</p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"> </p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"">MINITRACK: Cultural/Indigenous Knowledge</span></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"">Impacts on Knowledge Systems, an Intersection of Beliefs</span></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">This minitrack solicits
manuscripts that present research or conceptual frameworks that focus</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">on the use of cultural or
indigenous knowledge in knowledge systems used to address the</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">below listed topics (or
other topics). Cultural knowledge is that knowledge particular to a</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">subgroup of a population.
For example in a diverse culture such as the United States there are</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">many sub-cultures with
their own knowledge such as ethnic groups, activity focus groups (such</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">as rappers or skate
boarders), or other groups formed on some demographic premise.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Indigenous knowledge
focuses on that knowledge, frequently contained in oral systems, that</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">has evolved over the time
that Native Peoples have inhabited their homelands. For example,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Knowledge Systems of
outsiders are discussed by indigenous peoples in North America such</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">as Native Americans, First
Nations People, and Alaska Natives as 'Western' knowledge.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Indigenous knowledge also
applies to rather homogenous populations that migrated to, and</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">settled in, an area and
have remained settled in that area for generations. Such populations are</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">noted for maintenance of
customs, language, and beliefs that their ancestors brought to the new</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">location. In addition,
story-telling, to convey the customs and beliefs, are a component to these</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">populations, as they are
to more traditionally defined indigenous populations.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Cultural knowledge may be
similar to indigenous knowledge but may have a much shorter</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">history and may be
conveyed through its own language and online communities.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Such knowledge systems
are, in many respects, endangered. Cultural groups may be short</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">lived or if long lived,
may be in danger of being sublimated into larger cultural groups.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Indigenous peoples
throughout the world are subject to external events, such as disease and</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">war, which have
annihilated certain populations in the past. In addition, efforts by outsiders
to</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">have the indigenous
population assimilated into their world views frequently resulted in the loss</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">of knowledge. Think of the
Library at Alexandria. Now think of populations with only an oral</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">history and retention of
knowledge. What is lost when the last member of the population is</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">gone?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Potential topics may
include (but are not limited to):</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Sustainability
of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Transfer
of cultural/indigenous knowledge (between member and/or outside the group)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Technology
support for cultural/indigenous knowledge systems</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Identification
of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Representation
of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Elicitation
and capture of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Case
studies of cultural/indigenous knowledge groups and/or systems</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Using social
media to capture and convey cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Conflicts
with cultural/indigenous knowledge (between members, between those in the</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">group and those outside
the group)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Issues
in transferring and using cultural/indigenous knowledge by non-members</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Issues
(such as retirement, extinction, and/or sublimation) causing the loss of</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">cultural/indigenous
knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Value
of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Understanding
and using religion and/or spirituality in the capture and use of</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">cultural/indigenous
knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Ontology
and taxonomy of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Member
identification of cultural/indigenous knowledge groups</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Intellectual
Property rights associated with cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Risk
management of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Societal
impacts from cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Lifecycles
of cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Nomological
nets associated with cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Application
of cultural/indigenous knowledge to nontraditional uses</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">• </span><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Non-traditional
solutions to managing cultural/indigenous knowledge</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"">Minitrack
Leaders</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"">Ken
Trimmer (primary contact)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Idaho State University</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Email: <a href="mailto:trimkenn@isu.edu">trimkenn@isu.edu</a></span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"">Nilmini
Wickramasinghe</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">Epworth Chair Health
Information Management</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">RMIT University, Australia</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"ArialMT","sans-serif"">email:
<a href="mailto:nilmini.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au">nilmini.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au</a></span></p>