Laudable aims and problematic consequences, or: The 'flow' of knowledge is not neutral

Economy and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 550-561

  Strathern, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Experts; Interdisciplinarity; Research policy; Social anthropology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE; RESEARCH;

EID: 8844278476     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308514042000285288     Document Type: Article

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