D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer, David W. Brokensha

Broschiertes Buch

Cultural Dimension of Development: Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Beschreibung

Presents overwhelming evidence that local people do know a great deal about their environment. This knowledge must be taken into account in the planning and implementation of development to be both acceptable and effective. Contributions from anthropologists, sociologists, geographers and agricultural scientists.

Autor

Professor Dennis Michael Warren was an anthropologist and leading Africanist scholar who taught at Iowa State University from 1972 to1997. Professor Warren was especially interested in indigenous knowledge and rural development in Africa. His interest in indigenous knowledge led him to the study of art, culture, the rural economy and traditional healing in Ghana and Nigeria and to comparative studies of other societies.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Indigenous Knowledg
• Verlag: Practical Action Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9781853392511
• ISBN-10: 1853392510
• Artikelnr.: 23253077