Urgent Request for Reviewers for IK: Other Ways of Knowing

In spring 2015, The Penn State Libraries, in collaboration with The Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK) launched a new, electronic, open access, peer reviewed journal titled IK: Other Ways of Knowing. If you have not yet seen the first issue of IK: Other Ways of Knowing, please go to http://journals.psu.edu/ik to peruse its contents. We expect the second (Fall 2015) issue to be posted on line in early October.

This e-mail is an urgent request for reviewers from the wide range of disciplines relevant to indigenous knowledge. If you can preface your field of interest with ETHNO (e.g. ethnobotany, ethnomusicology, ethno-veterinary medicine, ethno-agriculture, ethno-feminism, ethno-pharmacology, ethno-geography etc.) we would like to add you to a cadre of peer reviewers for IK: Other Ways of Knowing.

A reviewer form is available at Reviewer Expertise Form for IK: Other Ways of Knowing for you to complete if you would be interested in reviewing manuscripts submitted to IK: Other Ways of Knowing. Completing the reviewer form is an expression of interest but does not commit you to serve as a reviewer. Please return the form via e-mail to Christian Man [email protected], our Editorial Associate. Please take a moment to forward this e-mail to others you think might be interested in reviewing manuscripts related to indigenous knowledge

Thank you from the Editorial Team of IK: Other Ways of Knowing:

Helen Sheehy, Amy Paster, Audrey Maretzki, Christian Man, Maria Landschoot
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A NEW INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE JOURNAL
IK: OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING

IK: Other Ways of Knowing is an electronic, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all areas of indigenous knowledge. The journal is published twice yearly by the Pennsylvania State University Libraries, and is co-sponsored by the Penn State Libraries and the Penn State Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge (ICIK). Spring issues of the journal are guest-edited and theme-based, while Fall issues are “open content” and do not have a thematic topic.

Indigenous knowledge is an emerging area of study that focuses on the ways of knowing, seeing, and thinking that are passed down orally from generation to generation. These ways of understanding reflect thousands of years of experimentation and innovation in topics like agriculture, animal husbandry, entomophagy, biomimicry, child rearing practices, education systems, herbal and other traditional medicines, natural resource management and resilience to climate change—among many other categories.

These ways of knowing are particularly important in the era of globalization, a time in which indigenous knowledge as intellectual property is acquiring new significance in the search for answers to many of the world’s most vexing problems: disease, famine, ethnic conflict and poverty. Indigenous knowledge has value, not only for the culture in which it develops, but also for scientists and planners seeking solutions to community problems.

As a forum for the sharing of practical knowledge and local wisdom for the benefit of all peoples, this journal is of special interest to development professionals who treasure this local knowledge, finding it extremely useful in solving complex problems of health, agriculture, education, and the environment, both in developed and in developing countries.
Manuscripts. Submissions must be original, not previously published, nor submitted for publication in another journal. Research articles should be 5,000-15,000 words in length. Book reviews should be 1,500-2,000 words in length.

All manuscripts are subject to double blind peer review. Photographs, and other visual materials, are highly encouraged for each submission. All manuscripts should be in English. However, if the author is indigenous, a manuscript in the indigenous language will be accepted if an English translation is also provided. Both the indigenous and English language versions will be published. Reviewers will use the English version in assessing the manuscript.

Full submission guidelines are available at the journal’s home page at http://journals.psu.edu/ik/about/submissions#authorGuidelines.