{"product_id":"local-science-vs-global-science-approaches-to-indigenous-knowledge-in-international-development-9781845450144","title":"Local Science Vs Global Science: Approaches to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhile science has achieved a remarkable understanding of nature, affording humans an astonishing technological capability, it has led, through Euro-American global domination, to the muting of other cultural views and values, even threatening their continued existence. There is a growing realization that the diversity of knowledge systems demand respect, some refer to them in a conservation idiom as alternative information banks. The scientific perspective is only one. We now have many examples of the soundness of local science and practices, some previously considered “primitive” and in need of change, but this book goes beyond demonstrating the soundness of local science and arguing for the incorporation of others’ knowledge in development, to argue that we need to look quizzically at the foundations of science itself and further challenge its hegemony, not only over local communities in Africa, Asia, the Pacific or wherever, but also the global community. The issues are large and the challenges are exciting, as addressed in this book, in a range of ethnographic and institutional contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…a fascinating and unusual effort to address audiences in both social-cultural anthropology and general science…The tone and style of writing is precise and economical while it also retains a level of detail that is ethnographically intriguing.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  American Anthropologist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"The reader will find a great number of ideas and issues to think both with and against, making this both an excellent primer and an ideal undergraduate course book, as well as being of interest to anyone already working in the area of knowledge and development.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Social Anthropology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This collection is much more than a plea for valuing ‘indigenous’ knowledge. It is a reasoned set of arguments to value those things that cannot be measured…a rich mix of approaches developed here... an important reminder…that Western society may not prove to be the best adapted or most advance social formation in a sustainable future.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  JRAI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Local Science vs. Global Science: an Overview\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePaul Sillitoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Traditional Medical Knowledge and Twenty-first Century Healthcare: the Interface between Indigenous and Modern Science\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eGerard Bodeker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e Local and Scientific Understandings of Forest Diversity on Seram, Eastern Indonesia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRoy Ellen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Indigenous’ and ‘Scientific’ Knowledge in Central Cape York Peninsula\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eBenjamin R. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e On Knowing and Not Knowing: the Many Valuations of Piaroa Local Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eSerena Heckler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Ashkui Project: Linking Western Science and Innu Environmental Knowledge in Creating a Sustainable Environment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eTrudy Sable\u003c\/i\u003e with \u003ci\u003eGeoff Howell\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDave Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePeter Penashue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Globalisation and the Construction of Western and Non-Western Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMichael R. Dove\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaniel S. Smith\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarina T. Campos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAndrew S. Mathews\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnne Rademacher\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSteve Rhee\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLaura M. Yoder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Science and Local Knowledge in Sri Lanka: Extension, Rubber and Farming\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eMariella Marzano\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Creating Natural Knowledge: Agriculture, Science and Experiments\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eAlberto Arce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEleanor Fisher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Is Intellectual Property Protection a Good Idea?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eCharles Clift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Farmer Knowledge and Scientist Knowledge in Sustainable Agricultural Development: Ontology, Epistemology and Praxis\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eDavid A. Cleveland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaniela Soleri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Forgotten Futures: Scientific Models vs. Local Visions of Land Use Change\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eRobert E. Rhoades\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVirginia Nazarea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e Counting on Local Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003ePaul Sillitoe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042961097047,"sku":"9781845450144","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845450144.jpg?v=1750956414","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/local-science-vs-global-science-approaches-to-indigenous-knowledge-in-international-development-9781845450144","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}