Indigenous knowledge: A false dawn for development theory and practice?

John Briggs
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John Briggs: School of Geographical & Earth Sciences East Quadrangle University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom

Progress in Development Studies, 2013, vol. 13, issue 3, 231-243

Abstract: Recent debates on indigenous knowledge have tended to focus on building up even more case study material of good practice in indigenous knowledge at the local level; the integration of indigenous and scientific knowledge; and the trend towards increased co-option of indigenous knowledge into the current neoliberal discourse. However, indigenous knowledge may have reached something of an impasse in that it has had little impact on development practice. A way around the impasse may be to conceptualize indigenous knowledge more as a way of knowing, or as a process or practice, with less emphasis on content and more on epistemology.

Keywords: Indigenous knowledge; scientific knowledge; development practice; empowerment; poverty reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/1464993413486549

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