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Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Analysis, Implications and Issues

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posted on 2024-09-05, 23:13 authored by Michael Howes, Robert Chambers
This review of the discussions of a workshop analyses indigenous technical knowledge (ITK), examines its potential for rural development, and outlines implications and issues. ITK is compared with institutionally organised science and technology. It can be seen in terms of stock and process: a rich but underutilised stock of knowledge; and the potential of processes through which knowledge can be generated, assimilated, and transmitted. Implications include the use of new methods for eliciting ITK, changes in the values and reward systems of professionals and officials concerned with rural development, and the need for further research and analysis.

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IDS Bulletin 47.6

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