1st Edition
Investigating Local Knowledge New Directions, New Approaches
By Paul Sillitoe
Copyright 2004
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 2004. Local knowledge reflects many generations of experience and problem solving by people around the world, increasingly affected by globalizing forces. Such knowledge is far more sophisticated than development professionals previously assumed and, as such, represents an immensely valuable resource. A growing number of governments and international development agencies... Read more
1. Local knowledge theory and methods: an urban model from Indonesia, Christoph Antweiler. 2. Doing and knowing: questions about studies of local knowledge, Andrew P. Vayda, Bradley B. Walters and Indah Setyawati. 3. A decision model for the incorporation of indigenous knowledge into development projects, Paul Sillitoe and Julian Barr. 4. Triangulation with tecnicos: a method for rapid assessment of local knowledge, Jeffery W. Bentley, Eric Boa, Percy Vilca and John Stonehouse. 5. Local history as 'indigenous knowledge': aeroplanes, conservation and development in Haia and Maimafu, Papua New Guinea, David Ellis and Paige West. 6. The INGO, the project and the investigation of 'indigenous knowledge': the case of non-timber forest product (NTFP), Sebastian Taylor. 7. Indigenous views on the terms of participation in the development of biodiversity conservation in Nepal, Ben Campbell. 8. Negotiating change, maintaining continuity: science education and indigenous knowledge in Eastern Canada, Trudy Sable. 9. The re-emergence of traditional medicine and health care in post-colonial India and national identity, Subhadra Mitra Channa. 10. In dialogue with indigenous knowledge: sharing research to promote empowerment of rural communities in India, R. Baumgartner, G.K. Karanth, G.S. Aurora and V. Ramaswamy.
Biography
Paul Sillitoe
