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

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  • John Briggs

    (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences East Quadrangle University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ United Kingdom)

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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.

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  • John Briggs, 2013. "Indigenous knowledge: A false dawn for development theory and practice?," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 13(3), pages 231-243, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:prodev:v:13:y:2013:i:3:p:231-243
    DOI: 10.1177/1464993413486549
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