Negotiating Local Knowledge: Power and Identity in Development - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745320066 ISBN 13 : 9780745320069

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2003

Synopsis

The contributors to this volume offer 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 knowledges 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. The contributors to this volume break 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. Their findings have important implications for anthropology, development studies and other related disciplines.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Colette Harris is a researcher specialising in gender and development, with particular interests in family relations, sexuality and domestic violence. She is currently program director, women in international development at the Office of International Research, Education and Development of Virginia Tech University in the States.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745320066
• ISBN 13: 9780745320069
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Éditeur: Pottier Johan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible