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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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"" lang="NL">HICSS 46 will be held January 7-10, 2013, at the Grand Wailea, Maui, Hawaii.</span></p>
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Impacts on Knowledge Systems, an Intersection of Beliefs<br>This minitrack solicits manuscripts that present research or conceptual frameworks that focus<br>on the use of cultural or indigenous knowledge in knowledge systems used to address the<br>
below listed topics (or other topics). Cultural knowledge is that knowledge particular to a<br>subgroup of a population. For example in a diverse culture such as the United States there are<br>many sub-cultures with their own knowledge such as ethnic groups, activity focus groups (such<br>
as rappers or skate boarders), or other groups formed on some demographic premise.<br>Indigenous knowledge focuses on that knowledge, frequently contained in oral systems, that<br>has evolved over the time that Native Peoples have inhabited their homelands. For example,<br>
Knowledge Systems of outsiders are discussed by indigenous peoples in North America such<br>as Native Americans, First Nations People, and Alaska Natives as 'Western' knowledge.<br>Indigenous knowledge also applies to rather homogenous populations that migrated to, and<br>
settled in, an area and have remained settled in that area for generations. Such populations are<br>noted for maintenance of customs, language, and beliefs that their ancestors brought to the new<br>location. In addition, story-telling, to convey the customs and beliefs, are a component to these<br>
populations, as they are to more traditionally defined indigenous populations.<br>Cultural knowledge may be similar to indigenous knowledge but may have a much shorter<br>history and may be conveyed through its own language and online communities.<br>
Such knowledge systems are, in many respects, endangered. Cultural groups may be short<br>lived or if long lived, may be in danger of being sublimated into larger cultural groups.<br>Indigenous peoples throughout the world are subject to external events, such as disease and<br>
war, which have annihilated certain populations in the past. In addition, efforts by outsiders to<br>have the indigenous population assimilated into their world views frequently resulted in the loss<br>of knowledge. Think of the Library at Alexandria. Now think of populations with only an oral<br>
history and retention of knowledge. What is lost when the last member of the population is<br>gone?<br>Potential topics may include (but are not limited to):<br>• Sustainability of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Transfer of cultural/indigenous knowledge (between member and/or outside the group)<br>
• Technology support for cultural/indigenous knowledge systems<br>• Identification of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Representation of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>2.14.12 Page 2 of 2<br>• Elicitation and capture of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>
• Case studies of cultural/indigenous knowledge groups and/or systems<br>• Using social media to capture and convey cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Conflicts with cultural/indigenous knowledge (between members, between those in the<br>
group and those outside the group)<br>• Issues in transferring and using cultural/indigenous knowledge by non-members<br>• Issues (such as retirement, extinction, and/or sublimation) causing the loss of<br>cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>
• Value of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Understanding and using religion and/or spirituality in the capture and use of<br>cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Ontology and taxonomy of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>
• Member identification of cultural/indigenous knowledge groups<br>• Intellectual Property rights associated with cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Risk management of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Societal impacts from cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>
• Lifecycles of cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Nomological nets associated with cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>• Application of cultural/indigenous knowledge to nontraditional uses<br>• Non-traditional solutions to managing cultural/indigenous knowledge<br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"" lang="NL">Minitrack Leaders<br>Ken Trimmer (primary contact)<br>Idaho State University<br>Email: <a href="mailto:trimkenn@isu.edu">trimkenn@isu.edu</a><br>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial-BoldMT","sans-serif"" lang="NL">Nilmini Wickramasinghe<br>Epworth Chair Health Information Management<br>RMIT University, Australia<br>email: <a href="mailto:nilmini.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au">nilmini.wickramasinghe@rmit.edu.au</a><br>
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