Development and Local Knowledge
Published on 18. December 2003
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-0-415-31826-6 (ISBN)
Description
There is a revolution happening in the practice of anthropology. A new field of 'indigenous knowledge' is emerging, which aims to make local voices hear and ensure that development initiatives meet the needs of indigenous people.
Development and Local Knowledge focuses on two major challenges that arise in the discussion of indigenous knowledge - its proper definition and the methodologies appropriate to the exploitation of local knowledge. These concerns are addressed in a range of ethnographic contexts.
Development and Local Knowledge focuses on two major challenges that arise in the discussion of indigenous knowledge - its proper definition and the methodologies appropriate to the exploitation of local knowledge. These concerns are addressed in a range of ethnographic contexts.
Reviews / Votes
'One cannot help but be impressed with the richness of field findings used to substantiate the various arguments ... It deserves a wide and serious reading.' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'...This collection of essays merits some attention. Unlike many such books written by practitioners, this one gathers a number of anthropologists and asks questions of anthropologists themselves as to their work in development... [Sillitoe and Bicker argue] for a focus on methodology which I find, is the most innovative idea of the book.' - Marlene Buchy, Development and Change 'One cannot help but be impressed with the richness of field findings used to substantiate the various arguments ... It deserves a wide and serious reading.' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Illustrations
4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
523 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-31826-6 (9780415318266)
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Alan Bicker | Paul Sillitoe | Johan Pottier
Development and Local Knowledge
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Development and Local Knowledge
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07/2004
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Alan Bicker | Paul Sillitoe | Johan Pottier
Development and Local Knowledge
E-Book
07/2004
Routledge
€31.49
Available for download
Persons
Alan Bicker, Paul Stillitoe and Johan Pottier are the editors of Participating in Development. Alan Bicker lectures in anthropology at the University of Kent in Cantabury. Paul Stillitoe is Head of Anthropology at the University of Durham and Johan Pottier is Head of Anthropology at SOAS in London. All three have wrotten widely on issues surrounding development and forms of indiginous knowledge
Content
List of illustrations, Notes on contributors, Acknowledgements, 1 Introduction: Hunting for theory, gathering ideology, 2 Powerful knowledge: Applications in a cultural context, 3 Management of knowledge and social transformation: A case study from Guatemala, 4 Indigenous knowledge confronts development among the Duna of Papua New Guinea, 5 The knowledge of indigenous desire. Disintegrating conservation and development in Papua New Guinea, 6 Close encounters of the Third World kind: Indigenous knowledge and relations to land, 7 International animation: UNESCO, biodiversity and sacred sites, 8 The globalization of indigenous rights in Tanzanian pastoralist NGOs, 9 Domestic animal diversity, local knowledge and stockraiser rights, 10 Sandy-clay or clayey-sand? Mapping indigenous and scientific soil knowledge on the Bangladesh floodplains, 11 Keeping tradition in good repair: The evolution of indigenous knowledge and the dilemma of development among pastoralists, Index