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PHEKO, Liepollo Lebohang. Economía del conocimiento, conocimiento indígena y migración. Migr. desarro [online]. 2015, vol.13, n.25, pp.91-115. ISSN 1870-7599.

The turbulent phenomena that currently is expressed as globalisation depends on knowledge and innovation for its sustenance. Market forces and the profit imperative leave little room for innovation. The context of globalisation and migration requires further scrutiny on the movement of people and the impact that this may have on skills drain in the global south. Knowledge capitalism is one of the most potent forces of global capital, which has no interest in the egalitarian distribution of social benefits beyond profit nor in the recognition of indigenous knowledge. Note the use of «Afrikan» rather than «African» throughout this paper, which is intended to convey the philosophical stance of the writer and the intellectual school of thought to which she belongs.

Palavras-chave : globalisation; Afrikan indigenous knowledge; migration; information age; modernity.