Local knowledge in the environment-development discourse: From dichotomies to situated knowledges

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-288

  Nygren, Anja ^a  

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Author keywords

Hybridization; Local knowledge; Migrant peasants; Nicaragua; Situated knowledges; Traditional and modern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242266     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X9901900304     Document Type: Article

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