scholarly journals Mangsukas Indigenous Knowledge Heritage in Yamphu Community: An Estranged Transformative Learning Space

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Indra Mani Rai ◽  
Prabin Rai
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Relational Knowing ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Community People ◽  
Cultural Self

Based on a critical ethnographic research tradition, this paper explores how Mangsuk as an indigenous institution represents a space for cultural-self and relational knowing in the Yamphu indigenous community of Ambote village of Ilam district of eastern Nepal. The paper explores the beliefs, worldviews, and practices of Mangsuk that pass on to adults and children in the community. The paper argues that Mangsuk, as a cultural institution, shapes the emotions, sense of self, particular beliefs, and behaviors among the community people. It further highlights the Mundhum (an oral tradition) associated with the Mangsuk ritual to transfer Yamphu indigenous knowledge, communal values, beliefs, emotionality, spirituality, and worldviews among the kins in the community. Furthermore, the paper portrays how modern education has been side-lining the indigenous ways of transformative learning (cultural self-knowing and relational knowing), resulting in the relegation of indigenous knowledge heritage. 

Transformation and Participation – A Reply to Niebert and van Dijk

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Töpfer
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Peer Education ◽  
Political Education

In order to achieve more sustainability, more political education in the sense of Niebert (2019) and the inclusion of indigenous knowledge, as postulated by van Dijk (2019), are certainly important milestones. In addition, behaviorally effective teaching needs more application-oriented approaches. This requires a change in existing didactic formats, including more participation. Innovative, transformative learning environments naturally enable more participation by putting us in touch with ourselves, nature and the environment. Peer education also develops naturally in such contexts. This should be considered especially important because peers serve as multipliers. With a willingness to take the risk of changing existing educational curricula, there is an opportunity to transform the Anthropocene into an age of sustainability.

Promoting Greater Interactivity and Participative Learning through Collaborative and Virtual Learning Space

2017 ◽  
pp. 125-139
Author(s):  
Chee Leong Lim ◽  
Siew Fun Tang
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Participative Learning ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The University

With the implementation of various innovations and transformative learning and teaching practices, Taylor's University continues to serve as the torchbearer in the sphere of private tertiary education in Malaysia. Since 2012, Taylor's University has embarked on an ambitious journey to re-define student learning for better academic outcomes. The effective use of LMS (Learning Management System) or better known as TIMeS (Taylor's Integrated Moodle e-learning System) @ Taylor's University has yielded highly engaging learning opportunities for students to learn at anytime and anywhere. It is Taylor's University's aim to be in the cutting edge of technology and to implement the finest learning design for its students as the university realizes that learning space plays an important role in producing work-ready graduates.

Receding Dependence on Forests

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
T. Anantha Vijayah
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Sacred Spaces ◽  
Belief Structures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Spiritual Tradition

This chapter considers how modernity has affected the livelihood of Paliyar community and how they have been affected by forest dispossession. Whether the weaning away from the forests has been manufactured or part of the systemic exploitation is discernible. The chapter traces the history of the Paliyars, their belief structures, and indigenous knowledge within sacred spaces. The chapter also presents a discussion of the relation between land and spiritual tradition as well as the importance of land to identity, transfer of oral tradition, and indigenous traditional knowledge. Removing the Paliyar from the land continues to erode their tradition, knowledge, and identity.

Digital Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge in South African Rural Communities

2022 ◽  
pp. 317-340
Author(s):  
Tlou Maggie Masenya
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
South African ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
Digital Preservation ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Modern Methods

Indigenous knowledge is mainly preserved in the memories of elders, and most of this knowledge is slowly disappearing in rural communities due to various factors such as death, sickness, and memory loss. Digital preservation is regarded as one of the modern methods to preserve indigenous knowledge as it can be shared with others and be passed on to future generations. But how can indigenous knowledge be documented and preserved to benefit indigenous knowledge owners and accessible for future generations? The chapter thus looked into the policy, techniques, and technologies being employed to document and preserve indigenous knowledge in rural communities. Knowledge management frameworks were also used as underpinning theories to guide the study. The findings revealed that rural communities are still relying mostly on traditional methods such as oral tradition, storytelling, and community of practice in sharing their indigenous knowledge in this digital era.

scholarly journals Value co-creation in Couchsurfing – the Indonesian host perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
U Sevisari ◽  
Ina Reichenberger
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Collaborative Consumption ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
Intrinsic Nature ◽  
Cultural Self

© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Collaborative consumption experiences in tourism have been examined widely, yet predominantly focused on guest perspectives. Using the sharing economy platform Couchsurfing, this study aims to use value co-creation to explore hosting experiences in non-monetary accommodation sharing in a developing country, including hosts’ motivations to participate, the range of social practices during hosting and the value outcomes achieved through hosting. Design/methodology/approach: Based on a social constructivist paradigm, 20 in-depth interviews and 1 focus group were conducted with experienced Couchsurfing hosts in Indonesia. Findings: Findings highlight the exclusively intrinsic nature of hosts’ motivations and their subsequent impact on co-creational practices and value outcomes. Social practices revolve around the establishment and acquisition of social and cultural capital and providing guests with authentic local and cultural tourist experiences. Hosts reported value outcomes relating to friendship, knowledge, an improved sense of self and employment opportunities. Research limitations/implications: The results of this research may not be transferable to Western accommodation sharing settings or more rural and less touristically developed regions within developing countries. Social implications: It is argued that hosting can contribute positively to host communities in developing countries by facilitating intercultural communication and knowledge transfer while enhancing cultural self-identity and professional advancement. Originality/value: The majority of existing research on accommodation sharing has examined guest perspectives while being placed within predominantly Western contexts. This paper adds new knowledge by exploring the host perspective and examining the impacts of the sharing economy in a developing country.

scholarly journals Transformative Learning: Developing Agency, Independence and Promoting a Strong Sense of Self in Teen Mothers

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Lilliemay Cheung ◽  
Emma Kill ◽  
Janet Turley
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Strong Sense ◽  
Teen Mothers ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Transformative Teaching ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Practical Implications

Adolescents who become pregnant during their secondary education experience a range of challenges that intersect and limit their opportunities to complete schooling and take up university places. One approach to addressing this issue at an Australian regional university is through the Tertiary Preparation Pathway (TPP) which has been delivered within the Supporting Teenagers with Education, Mothering, and Mentoring (STEMM) program, since 2008. The STEMM program offers teen mothers an opportunity to continue or re-engage with education during and beyond pregnancy. Adopting an intersectionality lens, interviews with adolescent mothers identified three key elements underpinning the success of the TPP/STEMM program: recognising the educational aspirations of teen mothers, developing agency and independence and promoting a strong sense of self. This article aims to provide practical implications for educators wishing to establish or develop programs based on this transformative teaching.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
D. Rae Gould ◽  
Stephen A. Mrozowski
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Oral History ◽  
Oral Tradition ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Collaborative Archaeology ◽  
Key Concepts

Chapter 1 discusses the key concepts explored in this book: collaborative archaeology, Indigenous knowledge, and the clear connections between exploring the past and contemporary, living peoples. The chapter examines Nipmuc sites in the Hassanamesit Woods of Massachusetts. The lines of inquiry discussed include documentary research, ethnohistory, oral history and oral tradition, cultural landscapes, and cross-cultural epistemologies. The important connections between academic research and modern political processes for tribes (such as the federal acknowledgement process) are also discussed, as well as the outdated practice in archaeology of creating an artificial divide between “pre-history” and “history.” The decolonizing of archaeology is central to the approach used throughout this book and through the relationships that have developed between the authors over the past few decades.

Showing a Human and Professional Face to the World

2017 ◽  
pp. 506-522
Author(s):  
Jennifer Munday ◽  
Jennifer Rowley
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Learning Design ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
The World ◽  
Positive Results

The online learning space can appear to be cold and impersonal for Higher Education students. The aim of this chapter is to show the progress of a teaching and learning design using a “sense of self” model, which is being used in ePortfolio creation in two Higher Education institutions. This chapter demonstrates that an ePortfolio can be a tool for showcasing students' levels of achievement in regard to a “sense of self”. The authors intend that the positive results from the outcomes of the two pedagogic approaches to the ePortfolio process should encourage other users of ePortfolio to engage with flexible and creative approaches to the production of showcase and reflective ePortfolios with students at all phases of a degree program. Academics can positively affect the human connections between students and teachers, emerging professionals and the profession, by encouraging multi-faceted aspects within an ePortfolio as the interface between the online and the professional world.

scholarly journals Promoting healthier communities through adult education: Learning Connections in action

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda Healy ◽  
◽  
Jennifer Walsh ◽  
Sinead O’Neill ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Adult Education ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Collaboration Support ◽  
Successful Collaboration ◽  
Education Initiative

This presentation will highlight an Adult Education initiative delivered in Cork City through collaboration between members of the Cork Learning Neighbourhoods Project. It will outline the outreach provision of the Certificate in the Mental Health in the Community and how this is delivered in non-traditional settings to achieve successful collaboration, support accessible participation in lifelong learning and build capacity in communities. The process of creating a learning space to achieve transformative learning will be outlined as well as how this programme serves to enable students to address mental health issues on a personal level, community level and beyond.

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