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Author : Alan Bicker,Paul Stillitoe,Johan Pottier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134368174
This book illustrates the growing need for real understanding of local knowledge strategy and its power to assist in positive change.
Author : Louise Grenier,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9780889368477
Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A guide for researchers
Author : Alan Bicker,Paul Sillitoe,Johan Pottier
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015056302568
A timely and up-to-date volume that presents a genuine contribution to the debates over indigenous knowledge.
Author : Alan Bicker,Johan Pottier,Paul Stillitoe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134368167
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.
Author : Paul Sillitoe
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1845456483
"Technological capability has led, through Euro-American global domination, to the muting of other cultural views and values, even threatening their continued existence. There is a growing realization that the diversity of knowledge systems demand respect; some refer to them in a conservation idiom as alternative knowledge banks. The scientific perspective is only one. We now have many examples of the soundness of local science and practices, some previously considered 'primitive' and in need of change. However, this book goes beyond demonstrating the soundness of local science and arguing for the incorporation of others' knowledge in development, to maintain that we need to look quizzically at the foundations of science itself and further challenge its hegemony, not only over local communities in Africa, Asia, the Pacific and elsewhere but also the global community.--Publisher
Author : Paul Sillitoe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429583148
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 are recognizing that local-level knowledge and organizations offer the foundation for new participatory models of development that are both cost-effective and sustainable, and ecologically and socially sound. This book provides a timely overview of new directions and new approaches to investigating the role of rural communities in generating knowledge founded on their sophisticated understandings of their environments, devising mechanisms to conserve and sustain their natural resources, and establishing community-based organizations that serve as forums for identifying problems and dealing with them through local-level experimentation, innovation, and exchange of information with other societies. These studies show that development activities that work with and through local knowledge and organizations have several important advantages over projects that operate outside them. Local knowledge informs grassroots decision-making, much of which takes place through indigenous organizations and associations at the community level as people seek to identify and determine solutions to their problems.
Author : Edward T. Jackson,Yusuf Kassam
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9780889368682
This book presents leading-edge analysis on the theory and practice of participatory evaluation around the world. With its instructive case studies from Bangladesh, El Salvador, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, and St Vincent, the book is a guide to a community-based approach to evaluation that is at once a learning process, a means of taking action, and a catalyst for empowerment.Knowledge Shared is the most comprehensive book now available on participatory evaluation. It is intended primarily as a tool for practitioners and policymakers in all segments of development cooperatio.
Author : Alan Bicker,Johan Pottier,Paul Sillitoe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134514045
Development has too often failed to deliver on its promises to poor nations. The policies imposed from above by international agencies and state bodies have frequently not met the needs and aspirations of ordinary people. Development agencies have been searching for sometime for alternative approaches. One of those being pioneered is 'indigenous knowledge', which aims to make local voices heard more effectively. However while it is increasingly acknowledged in development contexts, it is yet to be validated and accepted by anthropologists. It is self-evident to any anthropologist that effective development assistance will benefit from some understanding of local knowledge and practices. This therefore puts anthropology and anthropologists at the centre of development. This volume focuses on two major issues that anthropology might profitably address. First of all how to define indigenous knowledge and who should define it as it currently lacks disciplinary coherence. Secondly once this definition is achieved what methodologies should be used in such an interdisciplinary research endeavour when it must meet the demands of development (cost- and time-effective, intelligible to non-experts) while not compromising anthropological expectations. The new opportunities and their methodological implications are addressed in the chapters of this book in a range of ethnographic and institutional contexts and demonstrate how wide-reaching and how crucially important this debate has become. Participating in Development is a thought provoking and challenge collection. Its authors both define and validate the role of the anthropologist in development as well of development in anthropology.
Author : Nugroho, Kharisma,Carden, Fred
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447348085
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the critical role that local knowledge plays in public policy processes as well as its role in the co-production of policy relevant knowledge with the scientific and professional communities. The authors consider the mechanisms used by local organisations and the constraints and opportunities they face, exploring what the knowledge-to-policy process means, who is involved and how different communities can engage in the policy process. Ten diverse case studies are used from around Indonesia, addressing issues such as forest management, water resources, maritime resource management and financial services. By making extensive use of quotes from the field, the book allows the reader to ‘hear’ the perspectives and beliefs of community members around local knowledge and its effects on individual and community life.
Author : Paul Sillitoe,Peter J. Dixon,Peter Dixon,Julian Barr
Publisher : Studies in Indigenous Knowledg
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122270585
This is a manual for development programme managers and project leaders who wish to incorporate an indigenous knowledge element into their work. It offers a continuous spectrum of approaches and tools, from those useful to persons seeking a quick IK component, to those interested in a long-term investigations.
Author : Dennis M. Warren,Leendert Jan Slikkerveer,David Brokensha,Wim Dechering
Publisher : Practical Action
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015035007452
The potential of indigenous knowledge is being recognized for international development. This book argues that local people do know their environment, and that this knowledge has to be taken into account in planning and implementing accessible and effective development.
Author : L. Jan Slikkerveer,George Baourakis,Kurniawan Saefullah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030054236
This book provides an overview of recent advances in Integrated Community-Managed Development (ICMD) as an innovative strategy for the community-based development of local institutions in order to achieve lasting poverty reduction and empowerment. The original approach presented here to improving the lives and livelihoods of the poor takes a critical stance on the failing concept of conventional community development, as it is based on the shifting paradigm of 'bottom-up' cooperation and development, where recent regional autonomy policies are enabling national services to successfully integrate with local institutions at the community level. Based on recent experiences in South-East Asia, where the implementation of an alternative approach to integrating financial, medical, educational, communication and socio-cultural services has led to increased community participation and impressive poverty reduction, the book highlights the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this innovative strategy. The potential offered by applying the newly developed 'ICMD formula' worldwide as a function of themes, principles and services is reflected in the book’s diverse range of contributions, written by respected researchers and practitioners in the fields of development economics and financial management.
Author : International Program on Traditional Ecological Knowledge,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 9780889366831
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Concepts and cases
Author : Emmanuel K. Boon,Luc Hens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Ethnoscience
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130542710
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Author : Thomas F. Thornton,Shonil A. Bhagwat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351983297
This volume provides an overview of key themes in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge (IEK) and anchors them with brief but well-grounded empirical case studies of relevance for each of these themes, drawn from bioculturally diverse areas around the world. It provides an incisive, cutting-edge overview of the conceptual and philosophical issues, while providing constructive examples of how IEK studies have been implemented to beneficial effect in ecological restoration, stewardship, and governance schemes. Collectively, the chapters in the Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Environmental Knowledge cover Indigenous Knowledge not only in a wide range of cultures and livelihood contexts, but also in a wide range of environments, including drylands, savannah grassland, tropical forests, mountain landscapes, temperate and boreal forests, Pacific and Indian Ocean islands, and coastal environments. The chapters discuss the complexities and nuances of Indigenous cosmologies and ethno-metaphysics and the treatment and incorporation of IEK in local, national, and international environmental policies. Taken together, the chapters in this volume make a strong case for the potential of Indigenous Knowledge in addressing today’s local and global environmental challenges, especially when approached from a perspective of appreciative inquiry, using cross-cultural methods and ethical, collaborative approaches which limit bias and inappropriate extraction of IEK. The book is a guide for graduate and advanced undergraduate teaching, and a key reference for academics in development studies, environmental studies, geography, anthropology, and beyond, as well as anyone with an interest in Indigenous Environmental Knowledge. Chapters 10 and 23 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
