Factors Militating Against the Development of Tiv Indigenous Knowledge

Agber, Tim Cuttings

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“…Though some scholars view Benue compounds as nucleated, isolated, individualized, and spread over challenging terrain [35,36] many views their built environments as dispersed, scattered, and spontaneous [37,38] reflecting their socio-economic focus on agriculture, which requires spacious land for shifting cultivation practices [34]. Agreeing with the modern needs of mechanized agriculture, this study supports the call to nucleate settlements into clusters to avail more land for farming and tight security [36,39].…”

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Influence of Agricultural Activities on Housing and Settlement Patterns of Rural Communities in Benue State Nigeria

Aule¹,

Majid²,

Jusan³

2022

JAC

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Physical, social, and economic elements, such as agricultural occupation, impact the forms of house and settlement patterns such as shape, space enclosure, appearance, and organization. This research aims to investigate the impact of agricultural activities on the housing and settlement patterns of the Benue people of central Nigeria. The exploratory sequential research approach was utilized where qualitative and quantitative attributes and consequences were elicited based on the Means-End Chain mode. The study was done in stages between June 2020 and March 2022, with 24 individuals first interviewed and 474 nominal survey questionnaires completed and returned. Preliminary data checks for the subsequent 241 ordinal surveys returned to reveal a significant Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity, a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value of 0.872, and a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.934. While the interviews and nominal surveys provide considerable correlations between agricultural activities and the people’s settlement patterns, statistical validations of the ordinal survey yield minute evidence of the associations. The conclusions of this study are consistent with prior studies, which connect agricultural activities to people’s house form and settlement patterns. It is recommended that authorities make transformative efforts to nucleate the fragmented communities to free up more area for mechanized farming, combat insecurity, and reduce competition for territorial resources.

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Influence of Agricultural Activities on Housing and Settlement Patterns of Rural Communities in Benue State Nigeria

Aule¹,

Majid²,

Jusan³

2022

JAC

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“…Traditional knowledge of MPs is unique to a group of community or people, users will integrate tacit knowledge from the explicit information on traditional knowledge of MPs supplied on the system as a result of using the digital learning system (Tharakan, 2015). As a result of this internalization, conservation of MPs will be evident to the community where the traditional knowledge is kept (Agber, 2017). The entire amount of money saved in this segment is to expand the conceptual, theoretical module.…”

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A module for digital conservation of medicinal plants used by tribal communities living in selected villages of Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, Central India

Kareti

Rajpoot

Ramar

2022

VJIKMS

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Purpose The purpose of this study was to develop a suitable module for digital conservation of traditional knowledge of medicinal plants (MPs) used by tribal communities living in the Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. Design/methodology/approach The research used a qualitative approach to gather the data of MPs through the use of literature review and field survey. Based on the acquired data, a prototype digital learning system was constructed and assessed. This study used digital learning technologies to assess the requirements for transmitting traditional knowledge of important MPs used by tribal communities so that people can absorb and conserve them. Findings Over time, the focus on the digital conservation of traditional MP’s knowledge has progressively increased globally. Despite the rise in this field of study, information technology methods to preserve and distribute traditional knowledge of MPs have remained a few. When adopting digital learning to maintain traditional knowledge of MPs, it was discovered that it would be necessary to engage with relevant knowledge keepers, use multimedia, and provide content in local languages. Research limitations/implications This study helps in conservation of important MP species that are having biologically important therapeutic compounds meant for treating various ailments. Older generations of various tribal communities mainly hold traditional knowledge of important MPs, and unless it is preserved, it will perish along with its caretakers. Originality/value It is worth looking at a digital platform that can help future generations to maintain traditional knowledge of MPs, as it is a dynamic and ever-changing, it must involve a digital tool for its future conservation. Current methods for maintaining traditional knowledge of MPs were ineffective and constrained by space and time.

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“…This internalization will result in the preservation of the knowledge. Indigenous knowledge is unique to a community or group of people (Tharakan, 2015) and thus technology tools being developed for its preservation should be unique to the community in which the indigenous knowledge is located (Agber, 2017).…”

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Preserving Indigenous Knowledge Through E-Learning: A Conceptual Theoretical Model

2021

Proceedings of the International Conferences on WWW/Internet 2021 and Applied Computing 2021

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Indigenous knowledge can advance sustainable development, and its preservation is of the utmost importance. Indigenous knowledge is mostly present within older generations, and without preservation, it will die with its custodians. African communities rely heavily on indigenous knowledge, which is dynamic and is constantly evolving. A digital tool that can preserve practices relating the knowledge can highlight its dynamic nature. This paper presents a conceptual theoretical model to guide the design of an e-learning system aimed at facilitating the preservation of indigenous knowledge. Data was collected utilizing a literature review. The conceptual theoretical model shows that preserving indigenous knowledge through e-learning would require, among other things, engagement with the relevant knowledge custodians and compliance with necessary legal requirements.

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Factors Militating Against the Development of Tiv Indigenous Knowledge

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Influence of Agricultural Activities on Housing and Settlement Patterns of Rural Communities in Benue State Nigeria

Influence of Agricultural Activities on Housing and Settlement Patterns of Rural Communities in Benue State Nigeria

A module for digital conservation of medicinal plants used by tribal communities living in selected villages of Anuppur district, Madhya Pradesh, Central India

Preserving Indigenous Knowledge Through E-Learning: A Conceptual Theoretical Model

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