02990nam 2200661Ia 450 991078373400332120230818212617.01-134-89631-X1-280-44274-397866104427440-203-41021-1(CKB)1000000000247704(EBL)170026(OCoLC)647379659(SSID)ssj0000356649(PQKBManifestationID)11269741(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356649(PQKBWorkID)10350264(PQKB)10875530(MiAaPQ)EBC170026(Au-PeEL)EBL170026(CaPaEBR)ebr10058302(CaONFJC)MIL44274(EXLCZ)99100000000024770419921228d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAn anthropological critique of development the growth of ignorance /edited by Mark HobartLondon Routledge19931 online resource (xi, 235 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-14551-3 0-415-07959-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction: the growth of ignorance?; Segmentary knowledge: a Whalsay sketch; Processes and limitations of Dogon agricultural knowledge; Cultivation: knowledge or performance?; His lordship at the Cobblers' well; Is death the same everywhere? contexts of knowing and doubting; Scapegoat and magic charm: law in development theory and practice; Knowledge and ignorance in the practices of development policy; The negotiation of knowledge and ignorance in China's development strategy; Bridging two worlds: an ethnography of bureaucrat-peasant relations in western MexicoPotatoes and knowledge; Name index; Subject indexChallenges the utopian view of Western knowledge as uniquely successful in its application to economic and social development. The contributors offer an enthographic critique using case studies from Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.AcculturationIntercultural communicationTechnical assistanceAnthropological aspectsEconomic developmentSocial aspectsKnowledge, Sociology ofAcculturation.Intercultural communication.Technical assistanceAnthropological aspects.Economic developmentSocial aspects.Knowledge, Sociology of.303.48/2Hobart Mark1553759MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783734003321An anthropological critique of development3814531UNINA