Inventing Indigenous Knowledge - Archaeology, Rural Development Raised Field Rehabilitation Project

Informationen zum Autor Lynn Swartley Klappentext This volume provides a multi-sited and multivocalic investigation of the dynamic social, political and economic processes in the creation and implementation of an agricultural development project. The raised field rehabilitation project attempted to introduce a pre-Columbian agricultural method into the contemporary Lake Titicaca Basin. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a multi-sited and multivocalic investigation of the dynamic social, political and economic processes in the creation and implementation of an agricultural development project. The raised field rehabilitation project attempted to introduce a pre-Columbian agricultural method into the contemporary Lake Titicaca Basin. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Ethnic Groups and the State: From Tiwanaku to National Revolution in the Lake Titicaca Basin 3. Agrarian Policies, Indigenous Social Movements and Sustainable Development: The Contexts for Implementing a Bolivian Agricultural Development Project 4. Inventing Tradition and Development: The Representation of Raised Field Agriculture 5. Traditional Agricultural Practices: Contrasting Representations of Raised Fields with Production Factors at the Local Level 6. The Myth of the Idle Peasant Revisited: Access to Labor for Agriculture 7. Conclusion: Inventing Indigenous Knowledge and the Maintenance of Class and Ethnic Boundaries

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Swartley, Swartley Lynn
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138973312
• ISBN: 978-1-138-97331-2
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Indigenous Peoples and Politics; Indigenous Peoples and Politic; Indigenous Peoples and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Anthropology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Bolivia, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Agricultural science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies