Indigenous Knowledge and the Cultural Interface: Underlying issues at the intersection of knowledge and information systems

IFLA Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 281-291

  Nakata, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84997858885     PISSN: 03400352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/034003520202800513     Document Type: Article

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