The book includes forty-six papers, from a wide variety of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, geography and agricultural sciences.
Contributors come from academic institutions and from international organizations.
There are twenty-seven case studies and six general conceptual papers. The interdisciplinary approach adopted by the editors will make this book an invaluable and stimulating tool for all those studying indigenous knowledge systems, no matter which 'traditional' discipline they start from. This book is published as part of the IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge series. Dr. David Brokensha, Dr L. Jan Slikkerveer and Dr. D. Michael Warren.