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Local Knowledges, Local Practices

Author : Jonathan Monroe
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN 13 : 0822973227
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book Local Knowledges, Local Practices written by Jonathan Monroe and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2007-01-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornell University has stood at the forefront of writing instruction, at least since the publication of William Strunk and E. B. White's classic, The Elements of Style, in 1918. For the past thirty years Cornell has been the site of a remarkably sustained and successful interdisciplinary approach to writing across the curriculum - a program that now coordinates nearly two hundred courses each semester sponsored by over thirty different departments.Local Knowledges, Local Practices provides an overview of Cornell's rich history and distinguished achievements in training students to write well. Including the views of professors representing a variety of disciplines - from animal science to political science, anthropology to philosophy, romance studies to neurobiology - this collection will serve as a resource for anyone interested in broadly conceived, discipline-specific writing instruction.

Investigating Local Knowledge

Author : Paul Sillitoe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429583141
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Investigating Local Knowledge written by Paul Sillitoe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 2004. Local knowledge reflects many generations of experience and problem solving by people around the world, increasingly affected by globalizing forces. Such knowledge is far more sophisticated than development professionals previously assumed and, as such, represents an immensely valuable resource. A growing number of governments and international development agencies are recognizing that local-level knowledge and organizations offer the foundation for new participatory models of development that are both cost-effective and sustainable, and ecologically and socially sound. This book provides a timely overview of new directions and new approaches to investigating the role of rural communities in generating knowledge founded on their sophisticated understandings of their environments, devising mechanisms to conserve and sustain their natural resources, and establishing community-based organizations that serve as forums for identifying problems and dealing with them through local-level experimentation, innovation, and exchange of information with other societies. These studies show that development activities that work with and through local knowledge and organizations have several important advantages over projects that operate outside them. Local knowledge informs grassroots decision-making, much of which takes place through indigenous organizations and associations at the community level as people seek to identify and determine solutions to their problems.

Spatial Information in Local Knowledge (Penerbit USM)

Author : Tarmiji Masron
Publisher : Penerbit USM
ISBN 13 : 9838619388
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)

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Book Synopsis Spatial Information in Local Knowledge (Penerbit USM) by : Tarmiji Masron

Download or read book Spatial Information in Local Knowledge (Penerbit USM) written by Tarmiji Masron and published by Penerbit USM. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an eclectic collection of articles written in English that explores the assimilation of spatial information technology (SIT) such as remote sensing, global positioning system, geographic information system and maps to enhance and sustained the local knowledge. The goal to SIT integration is to make the invisible knowledge visible and beneficial to be used by others. It is a technology that transfers the local knowledge from owners into the form of maps and analysis. The maps play a key role in locating the presence of different local knowledge thus, help stakeholders in future planning, development and resource allocation. The editors have chosen topics to embody the SIT in multidisciplinary nature of local knowledge in this region.

Appreciating Local Knowledge

Author : Elisabeth Kapferer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443893137
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Appreciating Local Knowledge written by Elisabeth Kapferer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the light of the globalization, (post-)modernization, social fragmentation, and economization of many of today’s living contexts, local knowledge is receiving increasing attention in various sciences. Commonly, local knowledge indicates a counterpart to both rational forms of an explicit knowledge of facts and knowledge of universal validity. Local knowledge attempts to appreciate a more comprehensive view of people’s skills, capabilities, experience, and sophistication. On the other hand, the reference to ‘local’ implies an idea of bounded applicability of knowledge in a specific environment. Beyond this scope of application, local knowledge can be acknowledged either as instrumental in order to achieve specific goals or as an intrinsic value in order to deal with social relations, solidarity, common values and norms accordingly. Social and spatial settings are influential for everybody’s quality of life, personal identity, and political commitment – and local knowledge is the essential foundation in turning these settings into a vivid arena. This volume is a result of a two-day conference held in November 2013 in Salzburg, Austria, dedicated to bringing together researchers from different scientific disciplines, including sociology, philosophy, social geography, economics, history, interpersonal communication studies, cultural studies, and theology, in order to draw distinct trains of thought about local knowledge in a transdisciplinary fashion: the phenomenon, its epistemic and philosophical reflection, its methodological comprehension, and its practical application.

Local Knowledge Matters

Author : Nugroho, Kharisma
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447348087
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Local Knowledge Matters written by Nugroho, Kharisma and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the critical role that local knowledge plays in public policy processes as well as its role in the co-production of policy relevant knowledge with the scientific and professional communities. The authors consider the mechanisms used by local organisations and the constraints and opportunities they face, exploring what the knowledge-to-policy process means, who is involved and how different communities can engage in the policy process. Ten diverse case studies are used from around Indonesia, addressing issues such as forest management, water resources, maritime resource management and financial services. By making extensive use of quotes from the field, the book allows the reader to ‘hear’ the perspectives and beliefs of community members around local knowledge and its effects on individual and community life.

Local Knowledge Through the Integration of Design and Perspectives of Visual and Performing Arts

Author : Ahmad Zuhairi Abdul Majid
Publisher : Penerbit USM
ISBN 13 : 9674618651
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Local Knowledge Through the Integration of Design and Perspectives of Visual and Performing Arts written by Ahmad Zuhairi Abdul Majid and published by Penerbit USM. This book was released on with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local knowledge plays a key role in sustainable practices in the realm of design from various fields such as visual and performing arts. This book of 11 chapters, deals with indigenous knowledge and local wisdom related closely to the contemporary issues of these two important fields which interconnected and complement each other. This book mainly discusses the visual language of local genius on art installation, the prototype model script reproduction tool and the designer role in furniture industry. Another interesting aspect presented in this book is the integration of psychology in the applicability of sound art as the therapy for Alzheimer's patients and exploring the realm of meanings and symbols in music and dance movements. This book also highlights on how indigenous knowledge is crucial in enhancing religion relationships through dance and the implementation of an appropriate technology via Kinect-based tracking in performing arts. This book is definitely a reference for researchers, academicians and students especially from the field of visual design and performing arts and those who are interested in investigating and learning the local knowledge in a wider spectrum, not only for local context but also in other cultures.

Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France

Author : Laurence Bérard
Publisher : Editions Quae
ISBN 13 : 9782738012227
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Biodiversity and Local Ecological Knowledge in France written by Laurence Bérard and published by Editions Quae. This book was released on 2005 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The knowledge of nature held by autochthonous and local communities has been the subject of international talks, notably on biodiversity, but has primarily been studied from an autochthonous angle. French experience of conserving and promoting local know-how, which is the subject of this book, is based on the notions of heritage and of terroirs. This original approach could feed international debate. The book is thus primarily intended for negotiators and political leaders, along with local players who may be interested by the global dimension of such know-how.

Local Knowledge and Gender in Ghana

Author : Christine Müller
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839403782
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Local Knowledge and Gender in Ghana written by Christine Müller and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of global knowledge societies is recently questioning the meaning and relevance of local knowledge in the context of Southern countries. Women have proved to be the central actors in the multiple channels of local-global networking, using these new social ties for the negotiation of old and new elements of knowledge, scientific knowledge and development discourses. The inherent politicisation of knowledge and the direct objective of transforming societal institutions are not only signs of resistance against global hegemony, but serve for a new definition and for a defence of local culture and of local knowledge.

Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Her Quest for Local Knowledge, 1865–1946

Author : Pauleena M. MacDougall
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073917911X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Her Quest for Local Knowledge, 1865–1946 written by Pauleena M. MacDougall and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eckstorm was the daughter of a fur trader living in Maine who published six books and many articles on natural history, woods culture, and Indian language and lore. A writer from Maine with a national readership, Eckstorm drew on her unique relationship with both Maine woodsmen and Maine's Native Americans that grew out of the time she spent in the woods with her father. She developed a complex system of work largely based on oral tradition, recording and interpreting local knowledge about animal behavior and hunting practices, boat handling, ballad singing, Native American languages, crafts, and storytelling. Her work has formed the foundation for much scholarship in New England folklore and history and clearly illustrates the importance of indigenous and folk knowledge to scholarship. Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Her Quest for Local Knowledge, 1865–1946 reveals an important story which speaks directly to contemporary issues as historians of science, social science and humanities begin to re-evaluate the nature, content, and role of indigenous and folk knowledge systems. Eckstorm's life and work illustrate the constant tension between local lay knowledge and the more privileged scientific production of academics that increasingly dominated the field from the early twentieth century. At the time Eckstorm was writing, the growth in professionalism and eclipse of the amateur led to a reorganization of knowledge. As increasing specialization defined the academy, indigenous knowledge systems were dismissed as unscientific and born of ignorance. Eckstorm recognized and lauded the innate value of traditional knowledge that could, for example, fell trees in the interior of Maine and ship them internationally as finished lumber.

Development and Local Knowledge

Author : Alan Bicker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134368178
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Development and Local Knowledge written by Alan Bicker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book illustrates the growing need for real understanding of local knowledge strategy and its power to assist in positive change.

African Local Knowledge & Livestock Health

Author : William Beinart
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1847010830
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis African Local Knowledge & Livestock Health by : William Beinart

Download or read book African Local Knowledge & Livestock Health written by William Beinart and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 2013 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much needed examination of contemporary approaches to animal healing in South Africa, informed by a strong understanding of history.

Environmental Uncertainty and Local Knowledge

Author : Anna-Katharina Hornidge
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 383941959X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis Environmental Uncertainty and Local Knowledge by : Anna-Katharina Hornidge

Download or read book Environmental Uncertainty and Local Knowledge written by Anna-Katharina Hornidge and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southeast Asia is a laboratory showing current worldwide ecological issues. Environmental change, natural resource exploitation as well as global climate change increasingly threaten people's livelihoods. Environmentally-based uncertainties foster a high level of knowledge uncertainty. This poses a constantly growing threat to agricultural production. Vulnerable communities with a low degree of resilience are most severely affected. But local communities have abilities to innovate and develop locally embedded coping strategies. The contributors of this volume are most interested in environmental change that fosters knowledge uncertainties. Regions discussed include the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, Moluccas, Central Kalimantan, West Sumatra and South Sulawesi in Indonesia and Tangail Region in Bangladesh.

Local Knowledge

Author : Clifford Geertz
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786723750
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Local Knowledge written by Clifford Geertz and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz’s exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.

The Relevance of Science to Local Knowledge (Penerbit USM)

Author : Leela Rajamani
Publisher : Penerbit USM
ISBN 13 : 9838616893
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book The Relevance of Science to Local Knowledge (Penerbit USM) written by Leela Rajamani and published by Penerbit USM. This book was released on with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local knowledge worldwide is rapidly declining. Since local knowledge is passed from generation through oral tradition the chances of it being documented are low. Further to that, scientific knowledge sometimes cannot provide solutions to management and development problems. This book attempts to show that local knowledge and scientific knowledge have similarities in how they are obtained, however local knowledge has a further and more complex spiritual existence practised through cultural rituals or myths. Local knowledge has many applications in agriculture, water management, agroforestry and environmental management and when combined with science have greater uses to solve local problems at hand.

Expressions of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora

Author : Akinloye Ojo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443896454
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Expressions of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora written by Akinloye Ojo and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-22 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expressions of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Africa and its Diaspora provides critical discourses on Africa and the various configurations of its reflections in folklore, literature, music, languages, and philosophy. The collection, through its selected works, focuses on the African continent in terms of preserving the unique identity of African Indigenous and Local Knowledge. In reality, this preservation effort is confronted by a number of challenges within today’s increasingly globalized and westernized world. This book documents ongoing scholarly discussion on the paradoxical dynamics of preserving this identity and consequently enhancing the relevance of African Indigenous and Local Knowledge. This volume articulates the representation of knowledge and values lodged in the diverse knowledge systems in Africa and its diaspora, and which are constantly expressed in local and global spaces. It highlights the prejudicial assessment of African Indigenous knowledge systems that has ensured that Western epistemological systems are internationally recognized and supported while African epistemological systems are denigrated, discouraged or simply ignored, even on the African continent. Given that the term expressions entails making something known or manifest, this edited collection is assembled to make known some of the elements of indigenous and local knowledge, as well as the practices that these elements necessitate both historically and contemporarily in the African situation.

Local Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Agricultural Innovation

Author : Michael Blakeney
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811546118
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Local Knowledge, Intellectual Property and Agricultural Innovation written by Michael Blakeney and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the role of local knowledge in promoting agricultural innovation and legislative support for agricultural innovation through intellectual property laws and the protection of farmers’ rights. In assessing the role of intellectual property in promoting agricultural innovation the book examines plant variety rights protection, the patenting of plant varieties and plant breeding methods; gene patents and climate change; open source biotechnology and agricultural innovation and geographical indications and the marketing of agricultural products. As a test bed for the application of the themes of the book, it applies a case study approach to look at the role of local knowledge and intellectual property rights in the cultivation of traditional rice varieties in Kerala, South West India and the extent to which this cultivation is supported by Indian legislation. The book concludes with an examination of the success of self-help groups, such as Farmers’ Clubs. This book appeals to all readers interested in policies to promote sustainable agriculture at a time of increasing food insecurity. A special feature of the book is the case study approach. To date, the role of local knowledge and agricultural innovation has been almost entirely ignored and the role of intellectual property in this space has been largely ignored. The book is a result of a research collaboration between the University of Western Australia and Kerala Agricultural University, funded in part by the Australian Research Council.

Application of Local Knowledge in Different Spheres of Practice

Author : Rabiatul-Adawiah Ahmad Rashid
Publisher : Penerbit USM
ISBN 13 : 9674618414
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Application of Local Knowledge in Different Spheres of Practice written by Rabiatul-Adawiah Ahmad Rashid and published by Penerbit USM. This book was released on with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era of globalization and rapid development of technology and artifical intelligent, the importance of local wisdom slowly being unnoticed and forgotten. Through a proper documentation, the validity and significance position of local wisdom would remain appreciated and valued. This book offers an informative reading on practices in various fields; ranging from the field of food preparation, architecture, biodiversity to legislation; right from the lens of local wisdom. The chapters in this book provide refreshing information on the treasure of local wisdom, supported by scientific data and evidence. Though the content of this book might be academic in nature, yet it is presented in simple language, making it is readable for various group either students, researchers, academicians or even general public.