Indigenous knowledge
De-romanticising indigenous knowledge: challenges from Egypt
De-romanticising indigenous knowledge: challenges from Egypt
Authors:
John Briggs; Hoda Yacoub; Joanne Sharp; Nabila Hamed; Haythem Ibrahim; Irina Springuel; Alan Roe; Hatem Mekki; Department of Geography and Geomatics, University of Glasgow, UK
Publisher:
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
Is there really such a thing as community indigenous knowledge – a shared understanding of what makes something a resource and how it is valued? Or are we clinging to naïve notions of ‘pristine’ truths, the relics of a ‘purer’ past which we allegedly need to unlock in order to enhance development?
