'Indigenous knowledge' and 'science': Reframing the debate on knowledge diversity

Archaeologies

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-163

  Green, Lesley J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Indigenous knowledge; Knowledge diversity; Power; Science; Secularism

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449096265     PISSN: 15558622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11759-008-9057-9     Document Type: Article

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