TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis from an ethical perspective of how the concept of indigenous wayfinding and voyaging is mapped in knowledge representation, organization and discovery systems.Design/methodology/approach In this study, the Dewey Decimal Classification, the Library of Congress Subject Headings, the Library of Congress Classifications systems and the Web of Science citation database were methodically examined to determine how these systems represent and facilitate the discovery of indigenous knowledge of wayfinding and voyaging.Findings The analysis revealed that there was no dedicated representation of the indigenous practices of wayfinding and voyaging in the major knowledge representation, organization and discovery systems. By scattering indigenous practice across various, often very broad and unrelated classes, coherence in the record is disrupted, resulting in misrepresentation of these indigenous concepts.Originality/value This study contributes to a relatively limited research literature on representation and organization of indigenous knowledge of wayfinding and voyaging. This study calls to foster a better understanding and appreciation for the rich knowledge that indigenous cultures provide for an enlightened society.
VL  - 76
IS  - 6
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/JD-10-2019-0212
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2019-0212
AU  - Buente Wayne
AU  - Baybayan Chad Kālepa
AU  - Hajibayova Lala
AU  - McCorkhill Mallory
AU  - Panchyshyn Roman
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - Exploring the renaissance of wayfinding and voyaging through the lens of knowledge representation, organization and discovery systems
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 1279
EP  - 1293
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -