Sulub, M.; Madar, M.J. Toward Somali Indigenous Knowledge Management: Hybrid Framework for Sustaining and Managing Somali Indigenous Knowledge. Preprints2023, 2023121620. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1620.v1
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Sulub, M., & Madar, M.J. (2023). Toward Somali Indigenous Knowledge Management: Hybrid Framework for Sustaining and Managing Somali Indigenous Knowledge. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1620.v1
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Sulub, M. and Mohamed Jama Madar. 2023 "Toward Somali Indigenous Knowledge Management: Hybrid Framework for Sustaining and Managing Somali Indigenous Knowledge" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.1620.v1
Abstract
This paper presents how social media platforms and their components could be integrated into the KMS for the purpose of managing and sustaining Somali Indigenous knowledge (IK). The discovery of knowledge and its utilization is now fuelled by the advancement of technology, which connects users to external sources through using different platforms. The rapidly increasing use of SM and mobile technologies create opportunities to form knowledge networks that can facilitate the process of creating, preserving, and sharing knowledge and skills that are unique to communities in the Somali context. Somali society being an oral society with rich IK and other cultural practices lacked a framework in place to organize the existing knowledge in various methods. The paper refers to existing methodology E-learning and KM functions. This method first identifies functional similarities between SM, E-Learning, and KM systems and their interactions if they are properly integrated. The proposed framework consists of two functional parts; KM and SM. The KM part involves knowledge capturing, validation, formatting, storing, and distribution. SM part of the framework involves knowledge presentation, sharing, and application. Since the Somalis are said to be an oral society, this framework helps to capture and disseminate IK residing in knowledge holders.
Keywords
Knowledge Management; social media; Tacit knowledge; Indigenous Knowledge
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
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