* Corresponding Author
Wisdom of Indigenous and Tacit Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction
https://doi.org/10.22146/ijg.47321 Furqan Ishak Aksa(1*)
(1) Department Of Geography Education Samudra University, Langsa 24415 Indonesia
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
This article aims to identify the types of knowledge needed in reducing the risk of disasters and challenges in applying knowledge. Based on the literature review, this article analyzes various kinds of knowledge, the process of knowledge creation, and the challenges of knowledge transmission. Basically, knowledge consists of explicit and tacit knowledge. In the context of disasters, most of the knowledge is tacit in individual local people (indigenous knowledge). Tacit knowledge can motivate someone to make decisions (act) when a disaster occurs. To be understood and disseminated to the wider community, tacit knowledge needs to be converted into explicit knowledge and scientifically validated. This article proposes the importance of integrating tacit knowledge in the form of local knowledge to become explicit knowledge so it can be widely used. Knowledge built in a bottom-up manner, which comes from local knowledge, is believed to be effective in disaster risk reduction. However, in some countries, the process of applying the knowledge is constrained by a fatalism that is influenced by social culture and religious beliefs.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
Adiyoso, W., & Kanegae, H. (2017). Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54466-3
Ajith Kumar, J., & Chakrabarti, A. (2012). Bounded awareness and tacit knowledge: Revisiting Challenger disaster. Journal of Knowledge Management, 16(6), 934–949. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673271211276209
Akasoy, A. (2007). Islamic attitudes to disasters in the Middle Ages: A comparison of earthquakes and plagues. Medieval History Journal, 10(1–2), 387–410. https://doi.org/10.1177/097194580701000214
Alshehri, S. A., Rezgui, Y., & Li, H. (2013). Public perception of the risk of disasters in a developing economy: The case of Saudi Arabia. Natural Hazards, 65(3), 1813–1830. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-012-0445-5
Baker, D. P., Leon, J., Greenaway, E. G. S., Collins, J., & Movit, M. (2011). The Education Effect on Population Health : A Reassessment. Population and Development Review, 37(2), 307–332.
Baytiyeh, H., & Naja, M. K. (2014). Can education reduce middle eastern fatalistic attitude regarding earthquake disasters? Disaster Prevention and Management, 23(4), 343–355. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-12-2013-0219
Baytiyeh, H., & Öcal, A. (2016). High school students' perceptions of earthquake disaster: A comparative study of Lebanon and Turkey. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 18, 56–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.06.004
Becker, J., Johnston, D., Lazrus, H., Crawford, G., & Nelson, D. (2008). Use of traditional knowledge in emergency management for tsunami hazard: A case study from Washington State, USA. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 17(4), 488–502. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653560810901737
BNPB. (2019). Data Informasi Bencana Indonesia. Retrieved from Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana website: https://bnpb.cloud/dibi/
Boiral, O. (2002). Tacit knowledge and environmental management. Long Range Planning, 35(3), 291–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0024-6301(02)00047-X
Bosschaart, A., Kuiper, W., van der Schee, J., & Schoonenboom, J. (2013). The role of knowledge in students’ flood-risk perception. Natural Hazards, 69(3), 1661–1680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0774-z
Cadag, J. R. D., & Gaillard, J. C. (2012). Integrating knowledge and actions in disaster risk reduction: The contribution of participatory mapping. Area, 44(1), 100–109. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4762.2011.01065.x
Chester, D. K., Duncan, A. M., & Dhanhani, H. A. G. (2013). Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and Islam. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 22(3), 278–292. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2013-0079
Dalkir, K. (2013). Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.21613
Eslinger, P. J., Blair, C., Wang, J. L., Lipovsky, B., Realmuto, J., Baker, D., … Yang, Q. X. (2009). Developmental shifts in fMRI activations during visuospatial relational reasoning. Brain and Cognition, 69(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2008.04.010
Fazey, I., Proust, K., Newell, B., Johnson, B., & Fazey, J. A. (2006). Eliciting the implicit knowledge and perceptions of on-ground conservation managers of the Macquarie Marshes. Ecology and Society, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01665-110125
Gaillard, J. C., & Mercer, J. (2013). From knowledge to action: Bridging gaps in disaster risk reduction. Progress in Human Geography, 37(1), 93–114. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512446717
Gao, F., Meng, M., & Clarke, S. (2008). Knowledge, management, and knowledge management in business operations. Journal of Knowledge Management, 12(2), 3–17. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270810859479
Ghafory-Ashtiany, M. (2009). View of Islam on earthquakes, human vitality and disaster. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 18(3), 218–232. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653560910965600
Giordano, R., Preziosi, E., & Romano, E. (2013). Integration of local and scientific knowledge to support drought impact monitoring: Some hints from an Italian case study. Natural Hazards, 69(1), 523–544. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0724-9
Hiwasaki, L., Luna, E., Syamsidik, & Shaw, R. (2014). Process for integrating local and indigenous knowledge with science for hydro-meteorological disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in coastal and small island communities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 10, 15–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.07.007
Hoffmann, R., & Muttarak, R. (2017). Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future: Impacts of Education and Experience on Disaster Preparedness in the Philippines and Thailand. World Development, 96, 32–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.02.016
Iemura, H., Takahashi, Y., Pradono, M. H., Sukamdo, P., & Kurniawan, R. (2006). Earthquake and tsunami questionnaires in Banda Aceh and surrounding areas. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 15(1), 21–30. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653560610654211
Kaklauskas, A., Amaratunga, D., & Haigh, R. (2009). Knowledge Model for Post‐Disaster Management. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 13(2), 117–128. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648-715x.2009.13.117-128
Kanhai, L. D. K., Singh, D., Lauckner, B., Ebi, K. L., & Chadee, D. D. (2016). Knowledge, attitude and practices of coastal communities in Trinidad and Tobago about tsunamis. Natural Hazards, 81(2), 1349–1372. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-2138-3
Lauer, M. (2012). Oral traditions or situated practices? Understanding how indigenous communities respond to environmental disasters. Human Organization, 71(2), 176–187. https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.71.2.j0w0101277ww6084
Lauer, M. (2015). Oral Traditions or Situated Practices? Understanding How Indigenous Communities Respond to Environmental Disasters. Human Organization, 71(2), 176–187. https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.71.2.j0w0101277ww6084
Mardiatno, D., Malawani, M. N., Annisa, D. N., & Wacano, D. (2017). Review on tsunami risk reduction in Indonesia based on coastal and settlement typology. Indonesian Journal of Geography, 49(2), 186–194. https://doi.org/10.22146/ijg.28406
McAdoo, B. G., Dengler, L., Prasetya, G., & Titov, V. (2006). Smong: How an oral history saved thousands on Indonesia's Simeulue Island during the December 2004 and March 2005 tsunamis. Earthquake Spectra, 22(SUPPL. 3). https://doi.org/10.1193/1.2204966
McAdoo, B. G., Moore, A., & Baumwoll, J. (2009). Indigenous knowledge and the near field population response during the 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami. Natural Hazards, 48(1), 73–82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-008-9249-z
McClure, J., Allen, M. W., & Walkey, F. (2001). Countering fatalism: Causal information in news reports affects judgments about earthquake damage. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 23(2), 109–121. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15324834BASP2302_3
Mercer, J., Kelman, I., & Dekens, J. (2009). Integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge for disaster risk reduction. Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction: From Practice to Policy, 34(1), 214–239.
Mercer, Jessica, Dominey-Howes, D., Kelman, I., & Lloyd, K. (2007). The potential for combining indigenous and western knowledge in reducing vulnerability to environmental hazards in small island developing states. Environmental Hazards, 7(4), 245–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envhaz.2006.11.001
Murumba, J. W. (2020). Tacit knowledge management at universities in Kenya. 8(July). https://doi.org/10.36965/OJAKM.2020.8)
Nakanishi, H., & Black, J. (2018). Implicit and explicit knowledge in flood evacuations with a case study of Takamatsu, Japan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 28(December 2017), 788–797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.02.008
Nonaka, I., & Takeuchi. (1995). The knowledge creating company. Oxford University Press.
North, K., & Kumta, G. (2014). Knowledge management. https://doi.org/10.1192/apt.8.5.387
Paradise, T. R. (2005). Perception of earthquake risk in Agadir, Morocco: A case study from a Muslim community. Environmental Hazards, 6(3), 167–180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazards.2006.06.002
Pathirage, C., Seneviratne, K., Amaratunga, D., & Haigh, R. (2012). Managing disaster knowledge: Identification of knowledge factors and challenges. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 3(3), 237–252. https://doi.org/10.1108/17595901211263620
Rahman, A., Sakurai, A., & Munadi, K. (2017). Indigenous knowledge management to enhance community resilience to tsunami risk: lessons learned from Smong traditions in Simeulue island, Indonesia. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 56. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/56/1/012018
Rahman, A., Sakurai, A., & Munadi, K. (2018). The analysis of the development of the Smong story on the 1907 and 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis in strengthening the Simeulue island community's resilience. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 29, 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.07.015
Rashwan, B., & Jenkins, J. C. (2017). Fatalism and revolution: expanding our understanding of fatalism during a unique political opening in Egypt. Journal of North African Studies, 22(4), 645–664. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2017.1316716
Raymond, C. M., Fazey, I., Reed, M. S., Stringer, L. C., Robinson, G. M., & Evely, A. C. (2010). Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management. Journal of Environmental Management, 91(8), 1766–1777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.03.023
Sakurai, A., Bisri, M. B. F., Oda, T., Oktari, R. S., Murayama, Y., Nizammudin, & Affan, M. (2018). Exploring minimum essentials for sustainable school disaster preparedness: A case of elementary schools in Banda Aceh City, Indonesia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 29, 73–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.08.005
Seneviratne, K., Baldry, D., & Pathirage, C. (2010). Disaster Knowledge Factors in Managing Disasters Successfully. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 14(4), 376–390. https://doi.org/10.3846/ijspm.2010.28
Setten, G., & Lein, H. (2019). "We draw on what we know anyway": The meaning and role of local knowledge in natural hazard management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101184
Shiwaku, K., & Shaw, R. (2008). Proactive co-learning: A new paradigm in disaster education. Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, 17(2), 183–198. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653560810872497
Songlar, T., Pussadee La-or, N. P., Chomchoe, C., & Khunthason, S. (2019). Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of earthquake preparedness amongst the elderly in risk areas: Chiang Rai, Thailand. Journal of Health Research, 33(1), 2–13. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-12-2018-0167
Spiekermann, R., Kienberger, S., Norton, J., Briones, F., & Weichselgartner, J. (2015). The Disaster-Knowledge Matrix - Reframing and evaluating the knowledge challenges in disaster risk reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 13, 96–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.05.002
Syahputra, H. (2018). Indigenous knowledge representation in mitigation process: a study of communities' understandings of natural disasters in Aceh Province, Indonesia. Collection and Curation. https://doi.org/10.1108/cc-11-2017-0046
UNISDR. (2015). Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 - 2030 1.
Wachinger, G., Renn, O., Begg, C., & Kuhlicke, C. (2013). The risk perception paradox-implications for governance and communication of natural hazards. Risk Analysis, 33(6), 1049–1065. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01942.x
Walshe, R. A., & Nunn, P. D. (2012). Integration of indigenous knowledge and disaster risk reduction: A case study from Baie Martelli, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 3(4), 185–194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-012-0019-x
Weichselgartner, J., & Pigeon, P. (2015). The Role of Knowledge in Disaster Risk Reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 6(2), 107–116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0052-7
Yari, A., Zarezadeh, Y., & Ostadtaghizadeh, A. (2019). Prevalence of Fatalistic Attitudes toward Earthquake Disaster Risk Management in Citizens of Tehran, Iran. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101181
Zhang, D., Zhou, L., & Nunamaker Jr, J. F. (2002). A Knowledge Management Framework for the Support of Decision Making in Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief. Knowledge and Information Systems, 4(3), 370–385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s101150200012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/ijg.47321
Article Metrics
Abstract views : 4823
| 
views : 3248
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
Copyright (c) 2020 Furqan Ishak Aksa
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Accredited Journal, Based on Decree of the Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Republic of Indonesia Number 225/E/KPT/2022, Vol 54 No 1 the Year 2022 - Vol 58 No 2 the Year 2026 (accreditation certificate download)
ISSN 2354-9114 (online), ISSN 0024-9521 (print)