CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Venue: Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel, Zimbabwe
Programme Director: Mrs E. Maisiri, Department of Library and Information Science, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
22 August 2011: Workshop on indigenous knowledge systems
Facilitator: TBA
DAY ONE: 23 August 2011, NUST, Ascot, Bulawayo
07:45 - 08:30: Registration & Tea/Coffee
Session I:
Chairperson: Dr Lawton Hikwa, Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Information Science, University of Science and Technology
08:30 - 08:40: Welcome: TBA
Session II: Problematizing indigenous knowledge
Chairperson: Samuel Chabikwa, Department of Records and Archives, University of Science and Technology
08:40 - 09:00: What’s in a name? Using informetric techniques to establish a common label for indigenous knowledge. Patrick Ngulube, University of South Africa School for Graduate Studies
09:00 - 09:20: Indigenous languages as preservers of indigenous knowledge in Zimbabwe, Lawton Hikwa, Faculty of Communication and Information Science, University of Science and Technology
09:20 - 09:40: Indigenous knowledge systems and modernity, Joy Dumsile Ndwandwe, SARCHI, University of South Africa
09:40 - 10:00: Preservation of indigenous knowledge systems in Zimbabwe: Some ethical considerations, M. Tapfuma, Department of Publishing Studies, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
10:00 – 10:20 Challenges of the role of law and ethics in preserving indigenous knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS), Kudzayi Chiwanza, Library and Information Science Programme, Zimbabwe Open University and Josephine Phiri, Library Department, University of Zimbabwe
10:20 – 11:10: Questions/Discussions
11:10 - 11:20: Health Break
Session III: Indigenous knowledge and development
Chairperson: Lantern Rangarirai Fusire, Department of Library and Information Science, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
11:20 - 11:40: Indigenous knowledge systems in agriculture: a literature review, Tinashe Mugwisi and Ntando Nkomo, Department of Information Studies, University of Zululand, South Africa
11:40 - 12:00: Curios makers of the Matobos Hills: and evaluation of the SECI model, Esabel Maisiri, Department of Library and Information Science, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
12:00 - 12:20: Integration of traditional medicine into training curricula: issues of sustainable development, Zinyeka Gracious, Department of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, Pretoria University, South Africa
12:20 – 12:40: Use of indigenous knowledge to determine weather patterns: A case study of women mussel harvesters at KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal, Veli Jiyane: Information Science Department, University of South Africa
12:40 – 13:00: Questions/Discussions
13:00 - 14:00: LUNCH
Session IV: Indigenous knowledge and development
Chairperson: S. B. Mangena, Department of Computer Science, National University of Science and Technology
14:00 - 14:20: Indigenous knowledge perceptions and development practice, Boyson H. Z Moyo, University of Malawi, Bunda College of Agriculture, Natural Resources Department, Malawi
14:20 - 14:40: Acquisition and communication of indigenous knowledge for sustainable rural development: the case of South Africa and Tanzania, Edda Tandi Lwoga, Directorate of Library Services, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania and Mathew Moyo, Department of Information Services, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
14:40 - 15:00: ‘Link between Indigenous knowledge and development a reality or just a mirage:’ critical discourse on indigenous knowledge and HIV AIDS communication, Jabulani Sithole, Library Services, University of Botswana
15:00 – 15: 20: The Impact and effects of indigenous knowledge systems in democracy and good governance in the African context, Lantern Rangarirai Fusire, Department of Library and Information Science, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
1520 - 15:40: Totems in Bulawayo area: their documentation, correlation with surnames, attitudes to them by the young and the old; and their possible role in wildlife conservation, P. Mundy, Department of Wildlife and Forestry, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
15:40 – 16:00: The role of taboos (zviera) in conserving natural resources: Challenges posed by modernity, Obert Utete, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
16:00 – 16: 30 Questions/Discussions
16:30 - 17:00: TEA BREAK AND NETWORKING
DAY TWO: 24 August 2011, NUST, Ascot, Bulawayo
8:00 - 8:30: Tea break
Session V: Indigenous technologies and Indigenous knowledge and property rights
Chairperson: Boyson H. Z Moyo, University of Malawi, Bunda College of Agriculture, Natural Resources Department, Malawi
8:30 - 8:50: Assessing the effectiveness of the use of underground cellars for grain storage in Gwanda and Kezi (Zimbabwe), Shadreck Dube, National University of Science and Technology, Department of Applied Biology and Biochemistry and C. Dube, United College of Education, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
8:50 - 9:20: Exploitation of indigenous knowledge systems in modern societies: the need for a new paradigm, Aleck Ncube, TechnoPark, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
9:20 - 9:50: The digitisation of indigenous music in Africa: managing the legal and sensitivity issues, Ken Chisa, Information Science Department, University of South Africa and Patrick Ngulube, University of South Africa School for Graduate Studies, South Africa
9:50 - 10:20: Questions/Discussions
10:20 - 10:30: Health Break
Session VI: Preserving and disseminating indigenous knowledge
Chairperson: M. Tapfuma, Department of Publishing Studies, National University of Science and Technology
10:30 - 10:50: Open/free source software platforms in preserving and communicating indigenous knowledge, R. Twala and S. B. Mangena, Computer Science Department, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
10:50 - 11:10: Information and communication technologies for promoting indigenous knowledge management and enhancing development practices: opportunities and challenges for the development path of Ethiopia. Feleke Tadele, DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Development Education, University of South Africa
11:10 - 11:30: Indigenous knowledge transfer, the means towards safe guarding our cultural heritage-practices and challenges: the case of Zimbabwe, Kudakwashe Danmore Keithy Tapfumaneyi, Department of Library and Information Services, Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) and Gift Rupande, Department of Student Affairs, Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)
11:30 – 11:50 The role of archives in preserving indigenous knowledge systems, Patrick Ngulube, University of South Africa School for Graduate Studies, Mehluli Masuku and Delight T. Sigauke, Department of Records and Archives Management, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
12:10 - 12:45: Questions/Discussions
12:45 - 14:00: LUNCH AND NETWORKING
Session VII: Indigenous knowledge various standpoints
Chairperson: Mathew Moyo, Department of Information Services, University of Fort Hare, South Africa
14:00 - 14:20: The use of reliable computer networks in dissemination of indigenous knowledge systems, R. Twala and S. B. Mangena, Computer Science Department, Sciences, National University of Science and Technology
14:20 – 14:40 Understanding metadata for managing indigenous knowledge in the information and communication technology era: challenges and opportunities for metadata librarians, Norbert Chitsamatanga, University of Fort Hare, Department of Library and Information Science, South Africa
14:40 – 15:00: Indigenisation and Africanisation of the Library and Information Science curricula: a case of the Information Science Department, University of South Africa, Luyanda Dube, Department of Information Science, University of South Africa
15:00 – 15:20: Making libraries more relevant to communities, the inclusion of indigenous knowledge in library information services-the potential benefits and challenges: An Afrocentric librarian’s perspective. Kudakwashe Danmore Keithy Tapfumaneyi, Department of Library and Information Services, Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) and Gift Rupande, Department of Student Affairs, Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)
15:20 – 15:40: An exploration of amagqirha’s and abakhwetha’s experiences and perspectives on the recording of information and knowledge on ukuthwasa, Koketso Mokwatlo, Department of Information Science, University of South Africa
15:40 – 16:00: The exclusivist dimensions of citizenship in traditional Zimbabwe: the global challenge, Munamato Chemhuru, Great Zimbabwe University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
16:00 - 16:30: Questions/Discussions
16:30 – 16:45: Reflections on indigenous knowledge systems
16:45 - 17:00: Way forward
REGISTRATION FORM
FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SCIENCE AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (NUST), ZIMBABWE ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS IN AFRICA
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Thanks
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Professor, University of South Africa School for Graduate Studies
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