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The development of indigenous knowledge: a new applied anthropology

Sillitoe, P.

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The widespread adoption of bottom‐up participation as opposed to top‐down modernisation approaches has opened up challenging opportunities for anthropology in development. The new focus on indigenous knowledge augurs the next revolution in anthropological method, informants becoming collaborators and their communities participating user‐groups, and touches upon such contemporary issues as the crisis of representation, ethnography's status with regard to intellectual property rights, and interdisciplinary cooperation between natural and social scientists. Indigenous‐knowledge studies are challenging not only because of difficulties in cross‐cultural communication and understanding but also because of their inevitable political dimensions. Contributing to development which intervenes in people's lives, these studies engage with them in novel ways.

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Sillitoe, P. (1998). The development of indigenous knowledge: a new applied anthropology. Current Anthropology, 39(2), 223-252. https://doi.org/10.1086/204722

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Apr 1, 1998
Deposit Date Jan 4, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Current Anthropology
Print ISSN 0011-3204
Electronic ISSN 1537-5382
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 2
Pages 223-252
DOI https://doi.org/10.1086/204722

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