Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa
Though the development, articulation, and systematization of indigenous knowledge in Africa are most often seen as issues of culture and local epistemology, they have at the same time critical power dimensions. The relation between local knowledge...
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okr-10986-108102021-06-14T11:02:28Z Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa Easton, Peter Belloncle, Guy INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LITERACY PROGRAMS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOCAL LANGUAGES AGENTS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL MARKETING COMPETENCE COPYRIGHT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS EXTENSION FARMERS FUNCTIONAL LITERACY HERDERS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY CLASSES LIVESTOCK LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MARKETING MOTIVATION NGOS PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS TRAINING PROGRAMS Though the development, articulation, and systematization of indigenous knowledge in Africa are most often seen as issues of culture and local epistemology, they have at the same time critical power dimensions. The relation between local knowledge bases - and practitioners - on the one hand and central or Westernized ones on the other is manifestly a high-power/low-power situation, a matter most often quite acutely and accurately perceived by local people themselves. Until and unless the 'terms of trade" between these two spheres are significantly altered, or at least cast in a framework that promises some renegotiation, it is entirely understandable that the repositories of indigenous science would choose to keep it "off the market." 2012-08-13T13:10:47Z 2012-08-13T13:10:47Z 2001-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/1089546/indigenous-knowledge-local-power-negotiating-change-west-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10810 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 28 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE LITERACY PROGRAMS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOCAL LANGUAGES AGENTS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL MARKETING COMPETENCE COPYRIGHT DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS EXTENSION FARMERS FUNCTIONAL LITERACY HERDERS INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS LEARNING LITERACY LITERACY CLASSES LIVESTOCK LOCAL KNOWLEDGE MARKETING MOTIVATION NGOS PARTICIPATORY ASSESSMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOLS TRAINING PROGRAMS Easton, Peter Belloncle, Guy Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa |
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Though the development, articulation,
and systematization of indigenous knowledge in Africa are
most often seen as issues of culture and local epistemology,
they have at the same time critical power dimensions. The
relation between local knowledge bases - and practitioners -
on the one hand and central or Westernized ones on the other
is manifestly a high-power/low-power situation, a matter
most often quite acutely and accurately perceived by local
people themselves. Until and unless the 'terms of
trade" between these two spheres are significantly
altered, or at least cast in a framework that promises some
renegotiation, it is entirely understandable that the
repositories of indigenous science would choose to keep it
"off the market." |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Easton, Peter Belloncle, Guy |
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Easton, Peter Belloncle, Guy |
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Easton, Peter |
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Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa |
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Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa |
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Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa |
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Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa |
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Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa |
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indigenous knowledge and local power : negotiating change in west africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/1089546/indigenous-knowledge-local-power-negotiating-change-west-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10810 |
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