Indigenous Knowledge Prospectus--Table of Contents

M. Council (council@LUNA.CAS.USF.EDU)
Wed, 29 Jun 1994 15:07:30 -0400

The following is the tentative Table of Contents for the recently posted=20
prospectus for the anthology, THE INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE: CONTRASTING=20
KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND THE QUEST FOR SELF-DETERMINATION, being edited by=20
T. Purcell, S. Greenbaum and E. Phillips at the University of South Florida=
.
This is a working Table of Contents; some of the papers under=20
consideration are not yet included, and there may be later elimination=20
of specific paper(s) shown here. We will end up with about 22=20
papers. Westview has expresse interest in the manuscript, but the=20
authors are requesting suggestions for other possible publishers. Thank=20
you for your comments and suggestions!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Contributors (biographies)
Preface
Introduction: Indigenous Knowledge, Globalization and the Quest for=20
Local Autonomy

Part 1: METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES

Robert A. Benfer, Jr. and Louanna Furbee =A9 Acceptability of Indigenous=20
and Western Curing by Herders of Southern Andes: A Cognitive Methodology

Joseph M. O'Neal =A9 Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Ethical Relativis=
m

Beth Conklin and Laura Graham =A9 In Whose Intersts? The Politics of=20
Protecting Indigenous Knowledge in Brasil

Holger Henke =A9 Mapping the "Inner Plantation." A Cultural Exploration of=
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the Origins of Caribbean Discourse


Part 2: PROPERTY RIGHTS AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

David Guillet =A9 Local Knowledge and Institutional Economics: Water=20
Property Rights in the Irrigation Associaitons of Northwestern Spain

Evelyn L. Wilson =A9 Traditional Treatment of Women in Western and=20
Indigenous Societies: Examples from the United States and Nigeria

Joe Peters =A9 Reconciling Conflicts between People and Parks at=20
Ranomafana, Madagascar: Management Interventions and Legislative Alternati=
ves


Part 3: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION

Richard Reed =A9 Forest Developers, Forest Protectors: Commercial=20
Agroforestry by the Chiripa of Paraguay

Amory Starr and Sean Robin with Chris Lee =A9 Indigenous Planning: =20
Paradigm and Curriculum for Relevance to Communities of Color

Sultana Afroz and Belal Ahmed =A9 Sustainable Development of Natural=20
Resources in Bangladesh

Diane Russell and Nicodeme Tchamou =A9 Soil Fertility and the Generation=20
Gap in Southern Cameroon


Part 4: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN HEALTH AND HEALING

Dai H. Peters =A9 Indigenous Healing and its Role in Health Care in the=20
Ranomafana National Park Periphery of Madagascar=20

Susan Morfit =A9 Portrait of a Birth: Biomedicine and Midwives in Yucatan

Mary Schweitzer =A9 Guide Imagery, Touch Gently, Be Present and Heal the=20
Child: The Peruvian Susto Healer and Western Medicine

Keith V. Beltzer =A9 The Ngawbere All Night Vigil: Intra-Familial Health=
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Seeking


Part 5: LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND THE NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Kerrick Harvey =A9 Eden Online: The Need to Develop a Cultural Ecology of=
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the New Communications Technologies

Ardis Hanson =A9 Alternative Press as Source Material for Indigenous=20
Knowledge and Contemporary Social Issues.

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