Local Science Vs Global Science

Paul Sillitoe is Professor of Anthropology, Durham University. His research interests focus on natural resources management, appropriate technology, and development. He specialises in social and environmental change, sustainable livelihoods, human ecology and ethno-science. He has long-standing interests in the Pacific, and more recently in South Asia. He seeks to further the incorporation of local knowledge in development, having experience with several international development agencies.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsList of ContributorsChapter 1. Local Science vs. Global Science: an OverviewPaul SillitoeChapter 2. Traditional Medical Knowledge and Twenty-first Century Healthcare: the Interface between Indigenous and Modern ScienceGerard BodekerChapter 3. Local and Scientific Understandings of Forest Diversity on Seram, Eastern IndonesiaRoy EllenChapter 4. ‘Indigenous’ and ‘Scientific’ Knowledge in Central Cape York PeninsulaBenjamin R. SmithChapter 5. On Knowing and Not Knowing: the Many Valuations of Piaroa Local KnowledgeSerena HecklerChapter 6. The Ashkui Project: Linking Western Science and Innu Environmental Knowledge in Creating a Sustainable EnvironmentTrudy Sable with Geoff Howell, Dave Wilson, and Peter PenashueChapter 7. Globalisation and the Construction of Western and Non-Western KnowledgeMichael R. Dove, Daniel S. Smith, Marina T. Campos, Andrew S. Mathews, Anne Rademacher, Steve Rhee, and Laura M. YoderChapter 8. Science and Local Knowledge in Sri Lanka: Extension, Rubber and FarmingMariella MarzanoChapter 9. Creating Natural Knowledge: Agriculture, Science and ExperimentsAlberto Arce and Eleanor FisherChapter 10. Is Intellectual Property Protection a Good Idea?Charles CliftChapter 11. Farmer Knowledge and Scientist Knowledge in Sustainable Agricultural Development: Ontology, Epistemology and PraxisDavid A. Cleveland and Daniela SoleriChapter 12. Forgotten Futures: Scientific Models vs. Local Visions of Land Use ChangeRobert E. Rhoades and Virginia NazareaChapter 13. Counting on Local KnowledgePaul SillitoeIndex

“…a fascinating and unusual effort to address audiences in both social-cultural anthropology and general science…The tone and style of writing is precise and economical while it also retains a level of detail that is ethnographically intriguing.”  ·  American Anthropologist"The reader will find a great number of ideas and issues to think both with and against, making this both an excellent primer and an ideal undergraduate course book, as well as being of interest to anyone already working in the area of knowledge and development."  ·  Social Anthropology“This collection is much more than a plea for valuing ‘indigenous’ knowledge. It is a reasoned set of arguments to value those things that cannot be measured…a rich mix of approaches developed here... an important reminder…that Western society may not prove to be the best adapted or most advance social formation in a sustainable future.”  ·  JRAI