Decolonizing Knowledge Organization Systems: Hawaiian Epistemology, Representation and Organization

Authors

  • Shavonn-Haevyn Matsuda University of Hawai'I Maui College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7152/acro.v28i1.15391

Keywords:

Hawaiian epistemology, knowledge organization systems, Indigenous knowledge, Dewey Decimal Classification, anticolonial strategies, indigenous ontologies

Abstract

Through examining controlled and natural language representation of Hawaiʻi, this research aims to contribute to an understanding of how Hawaiian epistemology may enrich Hawaiian cultural heritage representation in conventional knowledge organization systems.

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Published

2019-04-16

Issue

28th ASIS SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop

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