The Department of Adult and Community Education warmly welcomes Keitumetse Mabole to the Department.
Keitumetse is a recipient of the Irish Research Council Government of Ireland scholarship for his research ‘The impact of indigenous knowledge in enhancing lifelong learning amongst the marginalised communities: The case of the San communities in Botswana.’
His research explores elements of indigenous knowledge that can inform more sustainable strategies of development from the Global South. The research incorporates an ecological, interdisciplinary approach, drawing in insights from adult education, sustainable development, and ecology that brings a diversity, dynamics and interconnectivity into research and education system similar to what occurs in nature.
Link to IRC page: https://research.ie/2021/10/06/minister-simon-harris-announces-e28m-in-irish-research-council-funding-to-support-the-next-generation-of-top-researchers/