Negotiating Local Knowledge: Power and Identity in Development

Pottier, Johan; Bicker, Alan; Sillitoe, Paul

ISBN 10: 0745320066 / ISBN 13: 9780745320069

Edité par Pluto Press (UK), 2003

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Titre : Negotiating Local Knowledge: Power and ...

Éditeur : Pluto Press (UK)

Date d'édition : 2003

Reliure : Paperback

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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.

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.