Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future: The Malaysian Experience (Penerbit USM)
Title | Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future: The Malaysian Experience (Penerbit USM) PDF eBook |
Author | Nurul Farhana Low Abdullah |
Publisher | Penerbit USM |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Economic development |
ISBN | 9838616907 |
This volume presents a selection of articles aimed at introducing the field of local knowledge to a local and international audience. Based upon the theme “Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future,” the articles detail local practices that reflect local wisdom in various domains of knowledge such as literature, architecture, water management, tourism, dance and drama. This collection of articles embodies an important, tangible initiative by Universiti Sains Malaysia Local Knowledge Secretariat to identify and retrace indigenous local knowledge, besides documenting and conserving local wisdom for future generations. It presents an important resource for researchers and students interested in exploring the under-researched area of local knowledge and indigenous science in the Malaysian context.
Reengineering Local Knowledge: Life, Science and Technology (Penerbit USM)
Title | Reengineering Local Knowledge: Life, Science and Technology (Penerbit USM) PDF eBook |
Author | Norizan Esa |
Publisher | Penerbit USM |
Pages | 223 |
Release | |
Genre | Ethnoscience |
ISBN | 9838618365 |
This book presents local knowledge about issues on life, science and technology. It presents the related science and technology knowledge, new applications or developments that have taken place based on local knowledge. It consists of papers that illustrate the contribution of local knowledge to scientific investigation, unearth unknown or little known significance of local plant and animal resources, as well as their management and conservation. The argument for the importance of modern techniques to increase the supply of natural resources through scientific manipulations is clear. However, traditional methods that ensure better quality and resilience is recommended. Integration of the traditional with the modern is explored, using disaster management strategies and integrative health care system as examples. Another aspect explored in this book is the changing food culture among the three main ethnics groups in Malaysia due to their interactions within a multicultural society. This book also highlights the contribution of local knowledge in developing animation technology. Experimentation with GIS technology in the performing arts to map a dance performance is an example of trans-disciplinary collaboration between technology and the arts. This book serves to expand knowledge in science and technology that deals with local knowledge, and make it accessible to a wider, global audience beyond the Malay world.
Strengthening Local Knowledge Towards Globalization Issues And Practices (Penerbit USM)
Title | Strengthening Local Knowledge Towards Globalization Issues And Practices (Penerbit USM) PDF eBook |
Author | Mohamad Rashidi Pakri |
Publisher | Penerbit USM |
Pages | |
Release | 2015-12-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9838619302 |
In the series of Local Knowledge publication, this book particularly deals with empowering local knowledge further, towards a more globalized vision. It is an anthology of copious articles that delves deeper into stabilizing the establishment of local knowledge and preservation of archaic knowledge, literature, traditions and culture in the Asia-Pacific region. This book pushes the boundaries of mediocrity by going to great lengths and course in its research to interpret and preserve certain dying knowledge of local cultures and literature. Mostly, the methods used in compiling these local wisdoms and memories is by immortalizing the knowledge though oral account where the gist of the research is transcribed and discussed in the articles presented in this book. This book also highlights the different perspectives of looking at local knowledge that it has subscribed to. This compilation presents how local knowledge of various disciplines is considered in different fields such as local art, political science, business and tourism and traditional folklore. The cosmic approach to looking at local knowledge through these various fields provides a holistic review of local knowledge.
The Fiction of Colonial Malaya
Title | The Fiction of Colonial Malaya PDF eBook |
Author | Mohamad Rashidi Pakri |
Publisher | |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Authors, English |
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Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future
Title | Retracing Tradition for a Sustainable Future PDF eBook |
Author | Nurul Farhana Low Abdullah |
Publisher | |
Pages | 141 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Economic development |
ISBN | 9789838615815 |
Beekeeping in Malaysia
Title | Beekeeping in Malaysia PDF eBook |
Author | R. Kiew |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Bee culture |
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ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA.
Title | ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN MALAYSIA. PDF eBook |
Author | Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022 |
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