- Title
- Reporting indigenous knowledge: the choices they deserve the local is the global
- Creator
- Boshoff, Priscilla A
- Date
- 2002
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71176
- Identifier
- vital:29804
- Identifier
- http://doi:10.1006/jmbi.1995.0238
- Description
- A few days ago, an interesting article dealing with community development and education came close to being published in a national newspaper. But the editor tossed it back at the surprised journalist, and told him to write it again. Here are some excerpts: Researchers here have recently been facilitating local people to rediscover traditional practices that have been lost through the processes of colonisation and changes in lifestyles. “We are very excited about the ways in which things are being discovered,” said Samuel Mann, research facilitator at the project. “People are beginning to reclaim some of the ways of knowing that still have meaning and relevance to modern everyday life. People are rediscovering the importance of Indigenous Knowledge.” Mba Ngcobo, one of the participants in the project, showed how he and other members of his community had built a grain pit using old traditional knowledge. “It works really well,” he said, “it is amazing how these old ways really work. Our ancestors had marvellous ways of doing things. We can really appreciate the skills that are slowly being lost to us.” Mann explained how the traditional pit storage method produced carbon dioxide that keeps the grain fresh and insect-free for months. “Carbon dioxide storage is now the preferred way of many milling and storage companies to keep grain. It keeps grain fresh without having to resort to insecticides.”
- Format
- 3 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Rhodes Journalism Review, Boshoff, P., 2002. Reporting indigenous knowledge-the choices they deserve: the local is the global. Rhodes Journalism Review, 2002(21), pp.44-46., Rhodes Journalism Review volume 2002 number 21 1 3 August 2002
- Rights
- Rhodes Journalism Review
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Rhodes Journalism Review Open Access Statement (https://journals.co.za/content/journal/rujr)
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