Curating Indigenous Knowledge and Practices for Sustainable Development: Possibilities for a Socio-Ecologically-Minded University

Marcellus Mbah and Charles Fonchingong
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Marcellus Mbah: Institute of Education, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Charles Fonchingong: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1QU, UK

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 15, 1-11

Abstract: Higher education continues to play an integral role in fostering regional development and this is underpinned by the concept that universities possess a social responsibility as proponents of progress in relation to society’s socio-economic, political and environmental challenges. Different approaches have been articulated but none seems to provide a useful framework to support African universities’ contribution to development in their regions. This paper interrogates the idea of the ecological university and moves on to posit the possibility for a socio-ecological premise to meet environmental and societal needs, based on a symbiotic relationship between indigenous practices and a university’s capacity to engender sustainable development. Findings from an in-depth analysis of participants’ transcripts drawn from qualitative responses depict indigenous knowledge and practices which can galvanise environmental and societal sustainability, and bring to the fore the idea of the socio-ecologically-minded university.

Keywords: indigenous knowledge; higher education; sustainable development; socio-ecologically-minded university (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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