Briggs, J. (2013) Indigenous knowledge: a false dawn for development theory and practice? Progress in Development Studies, 13(3), pp. 231-243. (doi: 10.1177/1464993413486549)
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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.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Briggs, Professor John |
Authors: | Briggs, J. |
College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences |
Journal Name: | Progress in Development Studies |
Publisher: | Hodder Arnold |
ISSN: | 1464-9934 |
ISSN (Online): | 1477-027X |
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