Local science vs. global science : approaches to indigenous knowledge in international development

Sillitoe, Paul, 1949- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1845450140 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781845450144
Physical Description: xi, 288 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Local science vs. global science : an overview / Paul Sillitoe -- 2. Traditional medical knowledge and twenty-first century healthcare : the interface between indigenous and modern science / Gerard Bodeker -- 3. Local and scientific understandings of forest diversity on Seram, Eastern Indonesia / Roy Ellen -- 4. 'Indigenous' and 'scientific' knowledge in Central Cape York Peninsula / Benjamin R. Smith -- 5. On knowing and not knowing : the many valuations of Piaroa local knowledge / Serena Heckler -- 6. The Ashkui project : linking western science and Innu environmental knowledge in creating a sustainable environment / Trudy Sable, Geoff Howell, Dave Wilson and Peter Penashue -- 7. Globalisation and the construction of western and non-western knowledge / Michael R. Dove, Daniel S. Smith, Marina T. Campos, Andrew S. Mathews, Anne Rademacher, Steve Rhee and Laura M. Yoder -- 8. Science and local knowledge in Sri Lanka : extension, rubber and farming / Mariella Marzano -- 9. Creating natural knowledge : agriculture, science and experiments / Alberto Arce and Eleanor Fisher -- 10. Is intellectual property protection a good idea? / Charles Clift -- 11. Farmer knowledge and scientist knowledge is sustainable agricultural development : ontology, epistemology and praxis / David A. Cleveland and Daniela Soleri -- 12. Forgotten futures : scientific models vs. local visions of land use change / Robert E. Rhoades and Virginia Nazarea -- 13. Counting on local knowledge / Paul Sillitoe.