Heike Winschiers Theophilus - Bridging Worlds: Indigenous Knowledge in the Digital World - Talk

Explore the intersection of indigenous knowledge and digital technology in this thought-provoking 26-minute talk by Heike Winschiers Theophilus at JCDL 2022. Delve into epistemological clashes and the systemic exclusion of indigenous knowledge in platforms like Wikipedia. Discover innovative approaches to rethinking categorizations, including card sorting and socio-spatial categorisation. Learn about projects such as OMITANDU for OvaHerero Praises and the Ovahimba curated mixed-media repository. Examine the challenges and opportunities in digitalizing ethnobotany, addressing categories and metadata, and post-situ processing. Investigate how emerging technologies can create new narratives for preserving and sharing indigenous knowledge in the digital world.

Intro
Epistemological clashes
Systemic exclusion of IK in Wikipedia
We advocate
Rethinking Categorisations
Card Sorting
Socio-spatial categorisation
OMITANDU: OvaHerero Praises
Ovahimba curated mixed-media repository
Digitalising ethnobotany
Categories and Metadata
Post-situ processing
Emerging Technologies: new narratives
Conclusion