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Local knowledge that is unique to a given culture or society, which is the basis for local-level decision making in agriculture, health care, education and other matters of concern in rural communities. (Source: WIK)
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1999. Environmental change and pastoral perceptions: Degradation and indigenous knowledge in two African pastoral communities. Human Ecology 27 (3) 493 - 514
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/pss/4603331
2010. Final report: The use of mobile technology at Okangwati community in the preservation of Indigenous Knowledge.
Website link:http://www.veikom.iway.na/
2006. Land-use and legumes in northern Namibia - The value of a local classification system. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 117 (4) 251 - 265
The Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia (NNDFN).
Website link:http://www.kalaharipeoples.net/article.php?i=60&c=7
Centre for Resource Information Action in Africa: Southern African Development and Consulting (CRIAA SA-DC).
Website link:http://www.criaasadc.org/
2007. Naming the Land: Identity, authority and environment in Namibia's West Caprivi.
Website link:http://kalahariborderlands.googlepages.com
2007. Culture and Shared Traditions in Fransfontein, Namibia.
Website link:http://www.fransfontein.org/index.html
2016. Commercialising a Perfume Plant, Commiphora wildii: Livelihood Implications for Indigenous Himba in North-West Namibia. International Forestry Review 18 (4) 429-443
1980. An Acheulean industry with Elephas recki fauna from Namib IV, South West Africa (Namibia). Nature
284 (5754) 340-341
1992. Nara, das Brot der Wüste.
2008. Integrating indigenous technical knowledge and modern scientific knowledge for biodiversity conservation and human livelihoods in the southern Kalahari, Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records
39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 75-88
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236635
2008. Indigenous knowledge and ecotourism-based livelihoods in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Botswana Notes and Records 39 (Tourism as a Sustainable Development Factor) 62-74
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/41236634
1996. Three decades of Ethnographic Research among the Ju/'Hoansi of northwestern Botswana: 1963-1996. Botswana Notes and Records
28 107-120
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980137
1970. The Kgalagadi in the nineteenth century. Botswana Notes and Records 2 45-51
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40980761
1971. Albizia anthelminthica (Monoga) - A good worm medicine. Botswana Notes and Records 3 6-7
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979268
1978. A note on the late stone age features at ≠Gi: Analogies from historic San hunting practices. Botswana Notes and Records
10 1-3
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979532
1968. Gcwi Bushmen: Some notes on hunting with poisoned arrows. Botswana Notes and Records 1 95-96
Website link:http://www.jstor.org/stable/40979228
2004. Indigenous names of fish and fishing gear in the Cuvelai, Kavango and Caprivi regions of Namibia. African Journal of Aquatic Sciences 29 (2) 249-258
2005. 'The Springbok … Drink the Rain's Blood': Indigenous Knowledge and Its Use in Environmental History - The Case of the /Xam and an Understanding of Springbok Treks. South African Historical Journal (Special Issue: Environmental History )
53 (1) 1-22
2011. Indigenous knowledge and education – the case of the Nama people in Namibia. Education as Change 15 (1) 81-94
2015. Introduction to the special issue marine policy science, state and fishers knowledge in the Benguela ecosystem in Southern Africa. Marine Policy
60 287-292
2011. On bioculturalism, shamanism and unlearning the creed of growth. 16-19
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| Sullivan_on bioculturalism and unlearning the creed of growth.pdf | 874.95 KB |
2002. How sustainable is the communalising discourse of 'new' conservation? The masking of difference, inequality and aspiration in the fledgling 'conservancies' of Namibia. Conservation and Mobile Indigenous people: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development 158-187
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| Difference_inequality and aspiration in communal area conservancies_Sullivan 2002.pdf | 2.25 MB |
2016. Relationality, reciprocity and flourishing in an African landscape: Perspectives on agency amongst ||Khao-a Dama, !Narenin and ||Ubun elders in west Namibia.
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| Relationality_reciprocity and flourishing in an African landscape.pdf | 4.04 MB |
2017. Future Pasts Landscape, Memory and Music in West Namibia: A multi-media exhibition.
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| Future Pasts 44AD Exhibition booklet for web 2017.pdf | 3.93 MB |
2017. 'Our hearts were happy here' - Recollecting acts of dwelling and acts of clearance through oral histories in west Namibia.
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| Sullivan 2017_Our hearts were happy here_oral histories in west Namibia_research blog.pdf | 1.48 MB |
2015. White Namibians in tourism and the politics of belonging through Bushmen. Anthropology Southern Africa (38) 4-15
2019. Beetle and Plant Arrow Poisons of the San People of Southern Africa. In History of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Toxicology in Antiquity 11-71
Website link:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815339-0.00002-0
2015. Traditional glue, adhesive and poison used for composite weapons by Ju/’hoan San in Nyae Nyae, Namibia. Implications for the Evolution of Hunting Equipment in Prehistory. PLoS ONE (10)
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| Traditional glue_adhesive and poison used for composite weapons by Juhoan San in Nyae Nyae.PDF | 15.8 MB |
2016. Beetle and plant arrow poisons of the Ju|’hoan and Hai||om San peoples of Namibia (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae; Plantae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Burseraceae). Zookeys (558) 9-54
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| Beetle and plant arrow poisons.pdf | 6.2 MB |
2009. Agricultural adaptation, local knowledge and livelihood diversification in North-Central Namibia. 1-48
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| Agricultural adaptation_local knowledge and livelihood diversification in North_Central Namibia.pdf | 754.42 KB |
2015. Indigenous knowledge used in the management of human-wildlife conflict along the borders of Etosha National Park. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Indigenous Knowledge of Namibia.
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| Indigenous Knowledge of Namibia_Contents.pdf | 2.19 MB |
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Bioprospecting for 'green diamonds': Medicinal plants used in the management of HIV/AIDS-related conditions. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 9-40
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Indigenous use of plants to treat malaria and associated symptoms. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 41-62
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. The use of traditional medicinal plants as antimicrobial treatments. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 89-114
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. School learners' knowledge and views of traditional medicinal plant use in two regions in Namibia. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 135-156
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Namibian leafy vegetables: From traditional to scientific knowledge, current status and applications. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 157-168
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Traditionally fermented milk products. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 169-186
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Oshikundu: An indigenous fermented beverage. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 187-204
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Harvesting and consumption of the giant African bullfrog, a delicacy in northern Namibia. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 205-218
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Understanding indigenous coping strategies of the Basubiya on the flooded plains of the Zambezi River. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 241-262
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Indigenous knowledge and climate change in rural Namibia: A gendered approach. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 263-282
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h
2015. Reclaiming indigenous knowledge in Namibia's post-colonial curriculum: The case of the Mafwe people. Indigenous knowledge of Namibia 283-310
Website link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvgc619h