Learning in the Permaculture Community of Practice in England: An Analysis of the Relationship between Core Practices and Boundary Processes

Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-290

  Ingram, Julie ^a   Maye, Damian ^a   Kirwan, James ^a   Curry, Nigel ^a   Kubinakova, Katarina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural Knowledge Systems; boundary processes; Communities of Practice; Networks of Practice; participatory methods; Permaculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896445764     PISSN: 1389224X     EISSN: 17508622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1389224X.2014.887756     Document Type: Article

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