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Asian indigenization of knowledge  

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  • Indigenous knowledge refers to the knowledge unique to a given culture or society and characterized by the commonsense ideas, thoughts, and values of people formed as a result of the sustained interactions of society, nature, and culture. It is accumulated by a group of people who develop an in-depth understanding of their particular place in their world through centuries of unbroken residence. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Asian Indigenization of Knowledge]

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