Development and local knowledge : new approaches to issues in natural resources management, conservation, and agriculture / Alan Bicker, Paul Sillitoe, and Johan Pottier.

"First published in 2004. First issued in paperback ed 2011".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Hunting for theory, gathering ideology / Paul Sillitoe and Alan Bicker -- 2. Powerful knowledge: Applications in a cultural context / Michael Fischer -- 3. Management of knowledge and social transformation: A case study from Guatemala / Hans Siebers -- 4. Indigenous knowledge confronts development among the Duna of Papua New Guinea / Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew Strathern -- 5. The knowledge of indigenous desire. Disintegrating conservation and development in Papua New Guinea / Colin Filer -- 6. Close encounters of the Third World kind: Indigenous knowledge and relations to land / Veronica Strang -- 7. International animation: UNESCO, biodiversity and sacred sites / Terence Hay-Edie -- 8. The globalization of indigenous rights in Tanzanian pastoralist NGOs / Greg Cameron -- 9. Domestic animal diversity, local knowledge and stockraiser rights / Ilse Kohler-Rollefson and Constance McCorkle -- 10. Sandy-clay or clayey-sand? Mapping indigenous and scientific soil knowledge on the Bangladesh floodplains / Paul Sillitoe, Julian Barr and Mahbub Alam -- 11. Keeping tradition in good repair: The evolution of indigenous knowledge and the dilemma of development among pastoralists / Paul Spencer.