Obstacles to the use of indigenous knowledge

Mayuri Sengupta

Development in Practice, 2015, vol. 25, issue 6, 880-894

Abstract: Tribal communities are often viewed as living in harmony with nature, and their traditional knowledge is regarded as essential in the sustainable use of resources and central to their inclusion in the development process. This article studies the main obstacles to the use of indigenous knowledge among the Reang tribal community in Tripura (northeast India), and presents two main arguments. First, that there are inherent problems and tensions within the concept of indigenous knowledge which is not evenly shared across the community. Second, the essence of indigenous knowledge remains futile in circumstances where the Indian state categorises indigenous knowledge and its holders as “backward” and “primitive”.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2015.1064861

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