Regional Modernities: The Cultural Politics of Development in IndiaK. Sivaramakrishnan, Arun Agrawal This book advances public and scholarly debates on development and globalization in new directions. It presents carefully developed case studies to show how the subjects of development are shaped by, and actively reshape, development ideas, programs, and projects. The essays in this volume include cross-cultural perspectives from Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Indian diaspora. |
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... knowledge hybrids out of multiple sources and scales of knowledge . She places these hybrids along a continuum - rather than a dichotomy - of types containing varied proportions of localized versions of folk knowledge on the one hand ...
... knowledge hybrids out of multiple sources and scales of knowledge . She places these hybrids along a continuum - rather than a dichotomy - of types containing varied proportions of localized versions of folk knowledge on the one hand ...
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... knowledge from one person to the next . Despite being situated in potentially limiting structures , however , we will also see that most individuals can exercise at least a small degree of personal agency in pursuing opportunities for ...
... knowledge from one person to the next . Despite being situated in potentially limiting structures , however , we will also see that most individuals can exercise at least a small degree of personal agency in pursuing opportunities for ...
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... knowledge , ' ' folk knowledge , ' or ' indigenous knowledge . ” 3 ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS As will be shown in this paper , knowledge of different geographical and socio - political origins can be blended or combined ...
... knowledge , ' ' folk knowledge , ' or ' indigenous knowledge . ” 3 ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS As will be shown in this paper , knowledge of different geographical and socio - political origins can be blended or combined ...
Contents
The Traffic in Ideas about | 75 |
Becoming Developed | 99 |
Indians | 122 |
Copyright | |
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