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The Role of Literacy and Language in the Intergenerational Transfer of Traditional Knowledge: Insights from Ethnographic Research in Nepal
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Kamal Raj Devkota; Ulrike Hanemann – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2025
There is a long tradition of intergenerational transfer of knowledge in Nepali communities. While local languages are seen as crucial means for preserving, transmitting and applying traditional knowledge, ongoing social change has raised concern that local languages and knowledge as foundations of learning and cultural identity are being weakened.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Nonformal Education, Educational Anthropology