ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|29 pages
The knowledge of indigenous desire. Disintegrating conservation and development in Papua New Guinea
Disintegrating conservation and development in Papua New Guinea Talk of indigenous knowledge
chapter 6|25 pages
Close encounters of the Third World kind: Indigenous knowledge and relations to land
Indigenous knowledge and relations to
chapter 10|28 pages
Sandy-clay or clayey-sand? Mapping indigenous and scientific soil knowledge on the Bangladesh floodplains
Mapping indigenous and scientific soil knowledge on the Bangladesh floodplains
chapter 11|16 pages
Keeping tradition in good repair
The evolution of indigenous knowledge and the dilemma of development among pastoralists
