Knowledge: Bridging urban disparities

Abstract

It’s not a mystery that the world is changing rapidly.It is taking us through turns which we never could have expected in our wildest dreams ,where we are let off on our own more often than not.At such daunting times what can we rely on undoubtedly.When everything seems uncertain what’s that one thing which will prepare anyone to deal with an unseen future,something which one can rely on at the end? “In times of change learners inherit the earth,while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” If the above quote doesn’t answer the precedented question, read on.. In the current era of rapid technological advancements, increasing socio-economic divides, and needed sustainable quotients,there is a need to re-imagine knowledge centers as social spaces that provide vital knowledge resources for communities and function as knowledge hubs that assist in self-learning.In order to develop such models, it becomes imperative to understand the fundamentals in knowledge sharing in terms of its definition, the process of acquiring it and the changing dynamics with time. That,which is based on multiple factors like-changing belief systems, political power, method of knowledge sharing, urbanization, the extent of networking by the virtue of internet and developing technology which embraces the advancing technology and its flexible needs.