Negotiating Local Knowledge

Power and Identity in Development

Paul Sillitoe editor Johan Pottier editor Alan Bicker editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pluto Press

Published:20th Apr '03

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This is an original approach to debates about indigenous knowledge. Concentrating on the political economy of knowledge construction and dissemination, they look at the variety of ways in which development policies are received and constructed, to reveal the ways in which local knowledge are appropriated and recast, either by local elites or by development agencies.

Until now, debates about indigenous knowledge have largely been conducted in terms of agricultural and environmental issues such as bio-piracy and gene patenting. This collection breaks new ground by opening up the theoretical debate to include areas such as post-war traumatic stress counselling, representations of nuclear capability, architecture, mining, and the politics of eco-tourism.

'Highly readable and provides good inspiration for people who either study or work within the vortex of local knowledge, power and politics' -- Development and Change

ISBN: 9780745320076

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 509g

344 pages