Cultural Dimension of Development
Indigenous knowledge systems
Will be published approx. on 15. December 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
600 pages
978-1-85339-251-1 (ISBN)
Description
Presents overwhelming evidence that local people do know a great deal about their environment. This knowledge must be taken into account in the planning and implementation of development to be both acceptable and effective. Contributions from anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and agricultural scientists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Rugby
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
998 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85339-251-1 (9781853392511)
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Professor Dennis Michael Warren was an anthropologist and leading Africanist scholar who taught at Iowa State University from 1972 to1997. Professor Warren was especially interested in indigenous knowledge and rural development in Africa. His interest in indigenous knowledge led him to the study of art, culture, the rural economy and traditional healing in Ghana and Nigeria and to comparative studies of other societies.