“Traditional knowledge” and local development trajectories

Traditional Knowledge and Sustainable Development

Notes on Traditional Knowledge, Modern Knowledge and Rural Development

For this purpose, I take 'traditional knowledge' to mean the body of knowledge, science and techniques used by rural people, and the term 'modern knowledge' to mean the body of knowledge, science and techniques arising essentially from the European scientific revolution of the 17th century.1 Traditional knowledge and modern knowledge are not at either end of a continuum of usefulness or scienti...

Traditional Structures in Local Governance for Local Development

Social Inclusion Learning Program (CESI). Karen Sirker and Alex Widmer from the CESI staff provided many of the documents and contributed substantially to the final editing of the paper. We would like to thank the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for the generous financial contribution to this Desk Study as part of the WBI-SDC Learning Partnership and Robert Ebel (WBI) for lau...

Traditional knowledge for promotion of socioeconomic inclusion of local communities.

This paper discusses the key role played by public research institutes for promoting socioeconomic inclusion of local communities based on traditional knowledge and traditional medicine. Nongovernmental organizations and cooperatives have had an important role in raising financial resources, being involved with advocacy of local communities and advancing legislation changes. But strict best man...

Local Knowledge in Development ( Geography ) Geography

The use of local knowledge in and for development is a relatively recent phenomenon, entering the realm of development theory and practice from the mid 1970s, yet it has become a key part of the rhetoric and practice of development agencies and academic research. The conceptual and historical background to local knowledge in development, including its roots of ‘Western’ engagement with ‘other’ ...