Local science vs. global science : approaches to indigenous knowledge in international development / edited by Paul Sillitoe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sillitoe, Paul, 1949-

Series:

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 4.

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnoscience--Developing countries.

Ethnoscience.

Ethnoecology--Developing countries.

Ethnoecology.

Natural resources management areas.

Applied anthropology.

Technical assistance--Anthropological aspects.

Developing countries.

Technical assistance--Anthropological aspects--Developing countries.

Technical assistance.

Community development--Developing countries.

Community development.

Applied anthropology--Developing countries.

Natural resources management areas--Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xi, 288 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Local science versus global science

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Contents:

Local science vs. global science : an overview / Paul Sillitoe

Traditional medical knowledge and twenty-first century healthcare / Gerard Bodeker

Local and scientific understandings of forest diversity on Seram, Eastern Indonesia / Roy Ellen

'Indigenous' and 'scientific' knowledge in central Cape York Peninsula / Benjamin R. Smith

On knowing and not knowing : the many valuations of Piaroa local knowledge / Serena Heckler

The Ashkui project : linking western science and Innu environmental knowledge in creating a sustainable environment / Trudy Sable with Geoff Howell, Dave Wilson, and Peter Penashue

Globalisation and the construction of western and non-western knowledge / Michael R. Dove ... [et al.]

Science and local knowledge in Sri Lanka : extension, rubber and farming / Mariella Marzano

Creating natural knowledge : agriculture, science and experiments / Alberto Arce and Eleanor Fisher

Is intellectual property protection a good idea? / Charles Clift

Farmer knowledge and scientist knowledge in sustainable agricultural development : ontology, epistemology and praxis / David A. Cleveland and Daniela Soleri

Forgotten futures : scientific models vs. local visions of land use change / Robert E. Rhoades and Virginia Nazarea

Counting on local knowledge / Paul Sillitoe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1845450140

OCLC:

70158418

Publisher Number:

9781845450144