LEADER 02990nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910783734003321 005 20230818212617.0 010 $a1-134-89631-X 010 $a1-280-44274-3 010 $a9786610442744 010 $a0-203-41021-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000247704 035 $a(EBL)170026 035 $a(OCoLC)647379659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356649 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11269741 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356649 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10350264 035 $a(PQKB)10875530 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC170026 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL170026 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10058302 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44274 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000247704 100 $a19921228d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 03$aAn anthropological critique of development $ethe growth of ignorance /$fedited by Mark Hobart 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-138-14551-3 311 0 $a0-415-07959-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aBook 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 index 330 $aChallenges 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. 606 $aAcculturation 606 $aIntercultural communication 606 $aTechnical assistance$xAnthropological aspects 606 $aEconomic development$xSocial aspects 606 $aKnowledge, Sociology of 615 0$aAcculturation. 615 0$aIntercultural communication. 615 0$aTechnical assistance$xAnthropological aspects. 615 0$aEconomic development$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aKnowledge, Sociology of. 676 $a303.48/2 701 $aHobart$b Mark$01553759 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783734003321 996 $aAn anthropological critique of development$93814531 997 $aUNINA