Supplementary file 1_Spirituality in traditional water knowledge systems as a driver and b

A 2026 systematic literature review by Beaven Utete synthesizes the role of spirituality in Traditional Water Knowledge (TWK) as drivers and barriers to aquatic ecosystem conservation in Zimbabwe. The review, published on figshare as a 21.4 KB PDF, adopted a Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Reviews (SPAR-4-SLR) protocol and a TCCM framework. It identifies gaps in studies on mythical water spirits, spiritualism, and the medicinal attributes of water ecosystems.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the intersection of spirituality and environmental conservation based on the described review of Traditional Water Knowledge (TWK).
• Identifying research gaps for integrating indigenous knowledge into policy based on the described synthesis of TWK elements.
• Studying governance challenges for informal water knowledge networks based on the described conflict with Western management methods.

Strengths

• Clear focus on a specific geographic region (Zimbabwe) and topic (spirituality in TWK).
• Uses a defined systematic review methodology (SPAR-4-SLR protocol and TCCM framework).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is a single 21.4 KB PDF document, indicating a very limited scope and scale.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the content is a review article, not structured data.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature review using SPAR-4-SLR protocol.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 10:56:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Zimbabwe