Development and Local Knowledge / Edition 1

by Alan Bicker, Johan Pottier, Paul Stillitoe

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415318266
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/18/2003
Series:	Studies in Environmental Anthropology
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1570L (what's this?)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

'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

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