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Local Science Vs Global Science - Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge in International Development (Paperback)
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Local Science Vs Global Science - Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge in International Development (Paperback)
Series: Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology
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While science has achieved a remarkable understanding of nature,
affording humans an astonishing technological capability, it 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 information 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, but this book goes beyond
demonstrating the soundness of local science and arguing for the
incorporation of others' knowledge in development, to argue 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 or wherever, but also the global
community. The issues are large and the challenges are exciting, as
addressed in this book, in a range of ethnographic and
institutional contexts.
General
Imprint: |
Berghahn Books
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology |
Release date: |
March 2009 |
First published: |
March 2009 |
Editors: |
Paul Sillitoe
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
302 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84545-648-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
Development economics
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LSN: |
1-84545-648-3 |
Barcode: |
9781845456481 |
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