Gladys Kemboi

Decolonization of knowledge and digital preservation of Indigenous knowledge in addressing climate change among the Keiyo Community in Kenya.

• The DPC Fellowship Award (2024)
• Finalists for the DPC and  International Council on Archives (ICA) Award for Collaboration and Co-operation (2024)
• First recipient of Maggie Weaver Joy of Information Bursary for LLEAD training in Canada (2023)
• Digital Preservation Career Development Fund (September 2023)
• ICA Congress Bursary in Abu Dhabi (October 2023)
• Recognition of service from U.S. Department of State, Mandela Washington Fellowship and IREX for Young African Leaders for Mandela Washington Fellowship (2023)
• Highly commended Knowledge Manager of the year 2021 by the CILIP, UK, for excellent Knowledge Management practices in the organization / industry sector for the benefit of “an equal, democratic and prosperous society”
• Named the Most Influential Knowledge Management Ambassador in Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

• Fall 2024 - Intro Database Concepts & Apps - IS206BL

Prom, C., Kemboi, G., Cummings, S., & Martinez, R. (2024). Catalyzing African Community Archives for Social Good. iPRES 2024. https://ipres2024.pubpub.org/pub/otynx0ju

Babagana, U. I., & Kemboi, G. (2024). Digital Preservation of Indigenous Knowledge in Ramat Library (University of Maiduguri, Nigeria). iPRES 2024. https://ipres2024.pubpub.org/pub/o5shuj0u

Boyes, B., S.J.R. Cummings, F. Tesfaye Habtemariam & G. Kemboi. (2023).‘We have a dream’: proposing decolonization of knowledge as a sixth generation of knowledge management for sustainable development. Special Issue on ‘Uncomfortable truths in international development: approaches to the decolonization of knowledge from development practice, policy and research. ‘Knowledge Management for Development Journal 17(1/2). 11-41. 2.

Cummings S. Dhewa C. Kemboi G. & Young S. (2023). Doing epistemic justice in sustainable development: applying the philosophical concept of epistemic injustice to the real world. Sustainable Development 1965–1977. 3.

Kemboi, G. R., & Nyang’au, S. P. (2020). The effect of knowledge audit and knowledge management systems on human capital in humanitarian non-governmental organizations in Nairobi County, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(4), 305 – 31. 4.

Kemboi, Gladys & Rutto, Lazarus (2024). Whose knowledge Counts? Decolonisation of Knowledge for Digital Preservation and Sustainability of Indigenous Knowledge in Africa. Lightning Talk presented at iPRES 2024, Ghent, Belgium, September 16-20, 2024.

Kemboi, Gladys (2023). “Empowering Rural Communities to Address Climate Change and Epistemic Injustices through Digital Archives,”. Lightning Talk presented at iPRES 2024, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US, September 19-22, 2023.

The Power of Knowledge Symposium: ‘Walking the talk on equitable partnerships’. Panel discussion at KIT, Amsterdam, 1 September 2022.

Cummings, Sarah & Kemboi, Gladys (2022). Increasing Diversity in KM: stories from a global Community of Practice. Knowledge Café presented at Melbourne KMLF, Australia, 22 September, 2021.