Building transdisciplinarity for managing complexity: Lessons from indigenous practice

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 255-270

  Apgar, J Marina ^a   Argumedo, Alejandro ^b   Allen, Will ^c  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Associacion ANDES   (Peru)

Author keywords

Complexity; Dialogue; Holistic Frameworks; Indigenous; Sustainability; Transdisciplinarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749097036     PISSN: 18331882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v04i05/52925     Document Type: Article

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