Culture and indigenous knowledge systems: Emergent order and the internal regulation of shared symbolic systems

Cybernetics and Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 735-752

  Fischer, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SET THEORY;

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE (IK);

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 29144535644     PISSN: 01969722     EISSN: 10876553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01969720500306113     Document Type: Article

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