Dora Jimela Kialo

Dora Jimela. Kialo. M.Ed. B.Ed. (Lang. and Lit major), Dip. Ed., is an educationist by profession and a lecturer at the PNG University of Technology's Teaching and Learning Methods Unit (TLMU) and Language Communication and Development Studies departments.

She has co-authored a book- titled 'Introduction To Language Skills' published in January 2014 and presented a paper on Traditional Environmental Knowledge of the Abelam People at the University of Goroka, 31 October – 2 November 2012.

She has a Language and Literature teaching background and her interest in this area culminates from her qualifications, teaching experiences as well as her research interest on TEK and knowledge of traditional rural life, philosophies, bio diversity, cultural heritage, social development, poverty reduction and media. She has also been contemplating writing a book on my Abelam people's knowledge about their association with nature, their environment and how they embrace these with their way of life.

These and many other experiences have motivated her to present a paper on how community media and communication education can harness the potential of rural folks' traditional knowledge system in social development and how they can use it to empower rural development and alleviate poverty in the long run in rural PNG.

Source: OURMedia Conference