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Center for Indigenous Knowledge Systems

We work on developing principles of education that emerge from Indigenous education like holistic learner development, ecology and sustainability oriented education, embodied knowledge and collective knowing, by bringing together theory and practice from indigenous knowledge systems worldwide.

What is 
Indigenous Knowledge?

Indigenous Knowledge is a body of observations, oral and written knowledge, innovations, practices, and beliefs that promote sustainability and the responsible stewardship of cultural and natural resources through relationships between humans and their landscapes. Indigenous Knowledge cannot be separated from the people inextricably connected to that knowledge. It applies to phenomena across biological, physical, social, cultural, and spiritual systems.

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Meet our 2024 
Summer Fellows! 

CIKS will support and work together with six fellows over the next two months on projects focussing on indigenous knowledge systems, with a view of creating promising, publicly engaging outputs through research, art, design, and multimedia. 

Our Work

In the forest
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