Inventing Indigenous Knowledge

Archaeology, Rural Development and the Raised Field Rehabilitation Project in Bolivia

AvLynn Swartley

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-10-25
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:570 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indigenous Peoples and Politics
Antal sidor:216
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415935647

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Naturvetenskap:allmänt inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Agronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction2. Ethnic Groups and the State: From Tiwanaku to National Revolution in the Lake Titicaca Basin3. Agrarian Policies, Indigenous Social Movements and Sustainable Development: The Contexts for Implementing a Bolivian Agricultural Development Project4. Inventing Tradition and Development: The Representation of Raised Field Agriculture5. Traditional Agricultural Practices: Contrasting Representations of Raised Fields with Production Factors at the Local Level6. The Myth of the Idle Peasant Revisited: Access to Labor for Agriculture7. Conclusion: Inventing Indigenous Knowledge and the Maintenance of Class and Ethnic Boundaries