KEY WORDS STUDY Flashcards
Glossary
the information, understanding and skills that you gain through
education or experience.
Knowledge
a knowledge that has been developed by a local people as a result of long histories of their social life and interaction with their environment
Indigenous Knowledge
are voluntarily- established by local people
mainly to support each other in time of difficulty (mourning), to resolve conflict,
to serve as financial sources, for information exchange and to cope different
problems of the members and the community in general
Indigenous Social Institutions
a person who has the knowledge and commitment
regarding his/her contributions for the betterment of his/her livelihood, the
community and the country
Responsible Citizen
refers to the local knowledge
and social taboos used for protecting the environment and natural resources
Indigenous environmental conservation
locally organized institutions working according to the custom and norms of given society and works according to the specific culture of particular community
Indigenous conflict resolution
an indigenous social institution voluntarily established by the local people to provide mutual aid in burial matters and also to address other community
concerns
Iddir
indigenous social institution voluntarily established by people based on
mutual trust to provide financial services to the members
Iqqub
a stick (Ulee) and symbolizes a socially endorsed set of rights
exercised by women in the Oromoo society. It is a special stick that is used to signify legally married women and also to indicate women’s respect and power in the society
Siinqee
It is the beliefs, customs, arts, ways of life etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time.
is the mirrors using which the members of the cultural groups identify themselves in the society used as a lens with which we evaluate what is proper or improper, normal or abnormal.
Culture
is a quality of diverse and many different cultures.
is a system that recognizes and respects the existence and presence of diverse groups of people within a society
Cultural diversity (sometimes referred to as multiculturalism)
is often used as a descriptive
term to characterize the fact of diversity in a society.
it endorse an ideal in which members of minority groups can maintain their distinctive collective identities and practices.
Multiculturalism
understanding how
we are alike, how we are different and treating everyone with respect and
understanding regardless of the differences.
Accepting differences
is the willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behavior we dislike or disagree with. In other words, it refers to
showing a neutral or objective attitude towards those who are different from you. These differences may include religion, race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, education, etc.
Tolerance
is when someone seeks to understand
and learn about another culture in an effort to broaden their perspective and
connect with others cross-culturally.
Appreciation
is simply taking one aspect of a culture that is not your own and using it for your own personal interest.
Appropriation
a social group that shares a
common and distinctive culture, religion, language. In other words, it is a large
group of people who have the same national, racial, or cultural origins, or the
state of belonging to such a group
Ethnicity or ethnic group
The socially constructed roles that defines and differentiates the roles, rights, responsibilities, and what is appropriate behavior and obligation for women and men.
Gender
It is presence of variety of language spoken and ability to communicate with different language within a community. If the people of a particular society interact with others by making use of a variety of languages, the society can be said to have ______
Linguistic diversity
the state of being one; oneness of mind, feeling, etc., as among a number of persons; harmony or agreement.
Unity
is a natural phenomenon that helps to bring different views,
experiences and acceptance among people.
Diversity
implies a normative decision about the right ways of
diversity management
Accommodation
is a feeling of oneness across the entire country. In other
word is a situation whereby people from different religion, tribe, and culture live as undivided nationhood
National Unity
is the ability of an individual speaker or a community of
speakers to communicate effectively with different languages.
Multilingualism
is the mutual understanding and harmony among groups
of individuals with a multitude of differences in terms of culture, religion, ethnicity, race, language etc. It is used as an expression of harmony and unity between dissimilar individuals or groups.
Unity in Diversity
