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Contents List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements List of Contributors 1. Local Science vs. Global science: an Overview Paul Sillitoe 2. Traditional Medical Knowledge and Twenty-first Century Healthcare Gerard Bodeker 3. Local and Scientific Understandings of Forest Diversity on Seram, Eastern Indonesia Roy Ellen 4. 'Indigenous' and 'Scientific' Knowledge in Central Cape York Peninsula Benjamin Richard Smith 5. On Knowing and Not Knowing: the Many Valuations of Piaroa Local Knowledge Serena Heckler 6. The Ashkui Project: Linking Western Science and Innu Environmental Knowledge Trudy Sable, with Geoff Howell, Dave Wilson, and Peter Penashue 7. Globalisation and the Construction of Western and Non-Western Knowledge Michael R. Dove, Daniel S. Smith, Marina T. Campos, Andrew S. Mathews, Anne Rademacher, Suk B. Rhee, and Laura M.S. Yoder 8. Intercropping Science and Local Knowledge in Sri Lanka Mariella Marzano 9. Creating Natural Knowledge: Agriculture, Science and Experiments Alberto Arce and Eleanor Fisher 10. Is Intellectual Property Protection a Good Idea? Charles Clift 11. Farmer Knowledge and Scientist Knowledge in Sustainable Agricultural Development: Ontology, Epistemology and Praxis David A. Cleveland and Daniela Soleri 12. Forgotten Futures: Scientific Models versus Local Visions of Land Use Change Robert E. Rhoades and Virginia Nazarea 13. Counting on Local Knowledge Paul Sillitoe List of Contributors Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Ethnoscience -- Developing countries.
Indigenous peoples -- Ecology -- Developing countries.
Technical assistance -- Anthropological aspects -- Developing countries.
Community development -- Developing countries.
Applied anthropology -- Developing countries.
Natural resources management areas -- Developing countries.