Conference on Africa's Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems, 10/06

Title: Africa's Indigenous Science and Knowledge Systems

Location: Nigeria

Conference Date: 2006-10-24 Date Submitted: 2005-11-21

The Department of History, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria in conjunction with the Global Africa Foundation, New Britain, USA announce its second international conference on Africa's indigenous science and knowledge systems. The focus areas include:

a)Conceptual issues related to science and indigenous knowledge systems b)Ethical issues surrounding Intellectual Property Rights, Compensation for resource persons and experts; Principles for knowledge management. c)Indigenous knowledge systems and the curriculum d)Case studies from the Disciplines< i. The interconnections between science and religion in a specific area ii.Indigenous mathematical systems in particular ethnic, linguistic or cultural regions across the continent.
iii.The Medical, Therepeutic value of Traditional Health Care; The scientic basis of traditional remedies; Constraints and Challenges in Traditional Health Care; Indigenous Practitioners; HIV/AIDS and the way forwatd
iv. Mental care and traditional methodologies
e) Triumphs and constraints in indigenous technologies with respect to cloth making, beer and other beverages, soap and cosmetics, metallurgy, building materials and etc
f) Comparative Regional Studies and lessons to be learnt from i) South East Asia, ii) South Asia, iii) China, iv) Japan, v) Other Regions.

The conference is slated for October 24th -27th, 2006. Deadline for abstract is April 28, 2006. Full paper should be submitted by September 29th. Venue of the conference is Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria. Keffi is about 45 minutes drive from Abuja, the national capital of Nigeria

Registration for foreign participants is $100 and participants from Africa is N5000.

All correspondence should be directed to Adoyi Onoja, Secretary Local Organizing Committee. E-mail address is conferenceoctober@yahoo.com Olayemi Akinwumi Department of History Nasarawa State University P.M.B. 1022, Keffi, Nigeria
Adoyi Onoja Department of History Nasarawa State University P.M.B. 1022, Keffi, Nigeria
Email: yemiakinwumi@yahoo.com

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