Indigenous knowledges and development: a postcolonial caution
Indigenous knowledges and development: a postcolonial caution
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土著知识与发展：后殖民时期的谨慎
DOI：
10.1080/01436590410001678915
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
J. Sharp
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文献类型：
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作者：
J. Briggs;J. Sharp
由于正式的自上而下的发展失败，最近人们越来越感兴趣的是利用有关社区的土著知识的可能性，以试图制定更有效的发展战略。土著知识的概念要求纳入当地的声音和优先事项，并承诺通过对这一进程的自主权赋予权力。然而，很少对土著知识被纳入发展进程的方式进行严格审查。借鉴后殖民理论，这篇文章认为，土著知识往往是由理论家和发展机构在一个非常有限的方式，未能与其他方式的感知发展，从而失去了设计更具挑战性的替代方案的可能性。
As a result of the failure of formal top‐down development, there has recently been increased interest in the possibilities of drawing upon the indigenous knowledges of those in the communities involved, in an attempt to produce more effective development strategies. The concept of indigenous knowledge calls for the inclusion of local voices and priorities, and promises empowerment through ownership of the process. However, there has been little critical examination of the ways in which indigenous knowledges have been included in the development process. Drawing upon postcolonial theory, this article suggests that indigenous knowledges are often drawn into development by both theorists and development institutions in a very limited way, failing to engage with other ways of perceiving development, and thus missing the possibility of devising more challenging alternatives.