Local science vs. global science : approaches to indigenous knowledge in international development /: approaches to indigenous knowledge in international development. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Local science versus global science
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paul Sillitoe.
• Editors: Sillitoe, Paul, 1949-
• 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 [and others] -- 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 288 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 001.089; Ethnoscience -- Developing countries; Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Developing countries; Technical assistance -- Anthropological aspects -- Developing countries; Community development -- Developing countries; Applied anthropology -- Developing countries; Natural resources management areas -- Developing countries; REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; Applied anthropology; Community development; Ethnoscience; Indigenous peoples -- Ecology; Natural resources management areas; Technical assistance -- Anthropological aspects; Milieuvraagstuk; Inheemse volken; Lokale kennis; Angewandte Anthropologie; Indigenes Volk; Landwirtschaft; Lokales Wissen; Natürliche Ressourcen; Ökologie; Humanökologie; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Lokales Wissen; Natürliche Ressourcen; Landwirtschaft; Community development -- Developing countries; Ethnoscience -- Developing countries; Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Developing countries; Technical assistance -- Anthropological aspects -- Developing countries; Developing countries; Entwicklungsländer; Entwicklungsländer; Aufsatzsammlung; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782382102; 1782382100
• Related ISBNs: 9781845450144; 1845450140; 9781845456481; 1845456483
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.