INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE AMAZON: FOUNDATIONS, STRUCTURE, AND VALIDATION OF A CONCEPTUAL MODEL
FUNDAMENTOS, ESTRUTURA E VALIDAÇÃO DE UM MODELO CONCEITUAL
Keywords:
Knowledge management, indigenous knowledge, traditional indigenous peoples, AmazonAbstract
This theoretical article presents a conceptual model of Indigenous Knowledge Management for the Amazonian context, grounded in Indigenous epistemologies and decolonial perspectives explored within the field of Information Science. The research, which is descriptive and documentary in nature and based on a literature review, sought to identify, analyze, and systematize the constituent elements of indigenous knowledge management, with the aim of constructing a conceptual model aligned with the specificities of indigenous peoples. The proposed conceptual model is structured around two main dimensions: the spiritual and the physical, highlighting that indigenous processes of knowledge production and transmission involve material, cosmological, spiritual, and ancestral aspects. In this sense, the model expands discussions within the scope of research in the field of Information Science regarding knowledge management applied to the indigenous context and traditional knowledge