>Intersectional knowledge as rural social innovation

The interrelationship between rural, rurality and social innovation still remains underexplored even though there has been considerable work within the individual discourses of rural studies. This paper aims at broadening scope this by exploring nuanced dynamics complexities lifeworld experiences knowledges actors that shape understanding innovation. At core analysis lies two key ideas including a) an groups' communities' marginalities might not be adequately understood without addressing complex ways in which identities caste, race, gender, ethnicity class intersect b) locally-rooted solutions resulting from these concerns are usually underrepresented literature relevance same needs to recognized. reimagining is located theoretical perspectives intersectionality feminist perspective epistemologies South focusing on ‘ecologies knowledges’ capable complexifying adding contemporary debates From above, authors argue strategies innovations grounded specific own knowledge rhythm contexts recognized as