Confrontation of modern and traditional knowledge systems in development

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1994

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The development project in both capitalist and socialist contexts has augmented the power of technocrats while invalidating alternative knowledge systems rooted in the traditions of local communities, thereby disenfranchising them. Recreating space for the autonomy of such communities requires cross-cultural communication in a collaborative effort to examine the limitations of the reductionist sciences and how they have shaped the development effort. Alternative ways of knowing and ways of sharing knowledge so as to reinforce core community values need to be explored. The paper concludes with a brief description of such an effort between First Nations in British Columbia and minority nations in Yunnan, China.

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Includes abstract in French

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MODERNIZATION, CHINA, CANADA, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, COMMUNICATION BARRIERS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, CULTURAL COOPERATION, DEVELOPMENT AID, IDEOLOGIES, SCIENTIFIC CULTURE, SELF DETERMINATION

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Howard, P. (1994). The Confrontation of Modern and Traditional Knowledge Systems in Development. Canadian Journal of Communication, 19(2).

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/54429

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
1990s / Années 1990
Social Sciences Division / Division des sciences sociales