‘Local’ Knowledge, ‘Global’ Knowledge, ‘Development’ Knowledge: Finding a New Balance in the Knowledge Power Play

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 116-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilson Akpan
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Power Play

Malaysian Knowledge Society and the Global Knowledge Gap

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Dieter Evers
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
New Economy ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Industrialised Countries

Knowledge has been widely recognised as the most important factor of production in a "new economy". The production, dissemination and utilisation of knowledge are therefore essential for development. Some countries, Malaysia among others, have embarked on an ambitious plan to use knowledge as a base for economic development, by-passing earlier stages of industrialisation. Some commentators have, in contrast, asserted "that it is doubtful that the knowledge revolution will let developing countries leapfrog to higher levels of development" as "the knowledge economy will actually expand the gap between rich and poor" (Persaud, 2001:108). The paper discusses this controversy by arguing that the knowledge-gap (k-gap) is in fact a precondition for development. It is, however, no natural phenomenon but it is constructed by experts and governments. Socio-economic indicators are used to show that the existing global knowledge gap is widening between Southeast Asia and the OECD countries and within ASEAN. Malaysia, whose government has pursued a vigorous strategy of knowledge development is moving ahead of other ASEAN nations, but falling behind industrialised countries. Factors explaining the situation are outlined in this article.

scholarly journals “To Infinity and Beyond!”: Inner Tensions in Global Knowledge Infrastructures Lead to Local and Pro-active ‘Location’ Information

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-49
Author(s):  
Ayelet Shavit ◽  
Yael Silver
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Local Information ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Epistemic Injustice ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Biodiversity Knowledge ◽  
Active Location ◽  
Biodiversity Database ◽  
Global Standardization ◽  
Memory Practices

We follow two biodiversity knowledge infrastructures that hold conceptual and practical inner tensions, and we argue that some of these diffi culties emerge from overlooking local information and different understandings of the term location. The ambiguity emerges from two basic concepts of space – exogenous and interactionist – that are both necessary yet readily suggest inconsistent practices – global standardization and local fl exibility – to organize location records. Researchers in both infrastructures fi rst standardized, digitized and globalized their records, then discovered inner tensions, and fi nally alternated between globally interoperable and locally fl exible records. Our story suggests a broader lesson: since both types of ‘location’ information are necessary; and since vast resources were already invested in globalizing knowledge infrastructures; then investing in local knowledge infrastructures and in alternating between both types of memory practices seems the most rational option, and a good way to resist epistemic injustice affl icting local knowledge in peripheral localities.Keywords: biodiversity, database, epistemic-injustice

Smart Diagnosis Using an On-Board Middleware

2015 ◽  
Vol 789-790 ◽  
pp. 577-581
Author(s):  
Ayoub Bouroumine ◽  
Zekraoui Mustapha ◽  
Abdelilah Maach
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Preventive Maintenance ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Remote Maintenance ◽  
Periodic Maintenance ◽  
High Level

Recent approaches to preventive maintenance have shifted from periodic maintenance based on static parameters to a continuous and a periodic maintenance that deploys high-tech tools to track remotely the “health” of equipments. In this paper, we propose an approach to maintain a high level of reliability and to achieve the maximum efficient use of the working parts within vehicles and machines. This paper marks the use of various techniques in the remote maintenance and diagnostics by means of classical and new methods for monitoring equipments remotely. And hence identifying their failure at earlier stages and preventing their breakdown. The technique relies on an onboard device that monitors and analyses the vibrations of the targeted parts using local knowledge stored within the middleware data base and global knowledge obtained remotely from the server.

scholarly journals Mental Models of AI Agents in a Cooperative Game Setting (Extended Abstract)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katy Ilonka Gero ◽  
Zahra Ashktorab ◽  
Casey Dugan ◽  
Qian Pan ◽  
James Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Cooperative Game ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Mental Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Large Scale Study ◽  
Three Components

As more and more forms of AI become prevalent, it becomes increasingly important to understand how people develop mental models of these systems. In this work we study people's mental models of an AI agent in a cooperative word guessing game. We run a study in which people play the game with an AI agent while ``thinking out loud''; through thematic analysis we identify features of the mental models developed by participants. In a large-scale study we have participants play the game with the AI agent online and use a post-game survey to probe their mental model. We find that those who win more often have better estimates of the AI agent's abilities. We present three components---global knowledge, local knowledge, and knowledge distribution---for modeling AI systems and propose that understanding the underlying technology is insufficient for developing appropriate conceptual models---analysis of behavior is also necessary.

Gpop

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manel Seddiki ◽  
Mahfoud Benchaïba
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Partial Knowledge ◽  
P2p Networks ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Object Search ◽  
Shared Objects ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Unstructured P2p

Unstructured overlays such as P2P networks and social networks stimulate many research areas. This kind of overlays is composed of a set of self-manageable entities which share objects between them in a spontaneous way. Getting a global knowledge such as popularity of shared objects or reputation of the entity is a challenging task because in such overlays, entities have only partial knowledge about the overlay state. In this paper, the authors focus on the file popularity measurement because this parameter can be efficiently used to improve object replication and object search performances. Some research works are proposed to measure this parameter, but these measurements are only based on local knowledge of peers. The authors propose Gpop, a global file popularity measurement for unstructured P2P networks which considers both local knowledge of the peer and knowledge of the other peers participating in the network to gain a global-like knowledge. Simulation results reinforce the authors' theoretical propositions and show that our measurement is closer to the real file popularity.

scholarly journals Curating knowledge, creating change:: University Knowledge Center, Kosovo national transition

IFLA Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-162
Author(s):  
Mary M. Somerville ◽  
Anita Mirjamdotter ◽  
Edmond Harjizi ◽  
Elham Sayyad-Abdi ◽  
Michele Gibney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
National Development ◽  
Experience Design ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
Collaborative System Design ◽  
The University ◽  
Usage Processes

A collaborative system design initiative at the University for Business and Technology in Kosovo aims to make local knowledge visible and to enhance local knowledge creation, within the university and throughout the country. Since its inception in 2015, design activities aimed to activate systems through modeling the global knowledge landscape, technology enabled systems, and human activity processes. Within the framework of Informed Systems, application of Informed Learning Theory and Information Experience Design (IXD) guided prototyping systems that informed building an institutional repository named the UBT Knowledge Center. The knowledge vision anticipates that sustained curation, organization, discovery, access, and usage processes will accelerate academic engagement, national development, and global visibility, over time and with practice to further theory-to-practice and practice-to-theory.

scholarly journals A bibliometric analysis of research in design for additive manufacturing

2022 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martins Ugonna Obi ◽  
Patrick Pradel ◽  
Matt Sinclair ◽  
Richard Bibb
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Development ◽  
Design For Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Manufacturing Knowledge ◽  
Bibliometric Approach

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how Design for Additive manufacturing Knowledge has been developing and its significance to both academia and industry. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors use a bibliometric approach to analyse publications from January 2010 to December 2020 to explore the subject areas, publication outlets, most active authors, geographical distribution of scholarly outputs, collaboration and co-citations at both institutional and geographical levels and outcomes from keywords analysis. Findings The findings reveal that most knowledge has been developed in DfAM methods, rules and guidelines. This may suggest that designers are trying to learn new ways of harnessing the freedom offered by AM. Furthermore, more knowledge is needed to understand how to tackle the inherent limitations of AM processes. Moreover, DfAM knowledge has thus far been developed mostly by authors in a small number of institutional and geographical clusters, potentially limiting diverse perspectives and synergies from international collaboration which are essential for global knowledge development, for improvement of the quality of DfAM research and for its wider dissemination. Originality/value A concise structure of DfAM knowledge areas upon which the bibliometric analysis was conducted has been developed. Furthermore, areas where research is concentrated and those that require further knowledge development are revealed.

scholarly journals Islamisasi Sains Syed Naquib Al-Attas dan Penolakan Bassam Tibi

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
Nurul Embun Isnawati ◽  
Urfun Nadhiroh ◽  
Khoirotun Nisa’ Privani ◽  
Rhegita Dewi Ramdhany ◽  
Ahmad Fauzan Hidayatullah
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Global Knowledge ◽  
Islamic Fundamentalism ◽  
Scientific Terminology

This study aims to elaborate on the differences in the views of the Islamization of science between Syed Naquib Al-Attas and Bassam Tibi. The study uses a literature review from relevant sources. Al-Attas's thought is based on his concern for the doctrine that scientific terminology is identical to western civilization. Al-Attas carried out the movement of modernization and Islamization, this is a concrete effort in the human's liberation from the shackles of secular understanding confined in magical and mythological traditions that are contrary to Islam. However, Bassam Tibi rejects this opinion. Bassam Tibi opposes the Islamization because it is a form of indigenization which is related to the cultural strategy of Islamic fundamentalism, integrally. Islamization is considered as a reaffirmation of local knowledge to face global knowledge and cultural invasion

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