
Indigenous Knowledge Development in Bangladesh
Present and Future
Series: Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development
Published: 2000
Pages: 260
eBook: 9781780445748
Paperback: 9781853395185
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List of Figures | |||
Contributors | |||
Foreword | |||
Introduction | |||
1 The State of Indigenous Knowledge in Bangladesh 3 | |||
2 Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Unexplored Potential for Sustainable Development 23 | |||
3 Towards an Understanding of Indigenous Knowledge 27 | |||
4 Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability: On the Brink of Disaster or Revolution? 31 | |||
5 Development Disasters: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge and Practices 37 | |||
6 Investigating Indigenous Knowledge: A Review of the Bangladeshi Literature on Natural Resources 41 | |||
7 Use of Indigenous Knowledge in the Sustainable Development of Bangladeshi Farm Forestry 57 | |||
8 Tree Pathology and Bangladeshi Agroforestry Practices 65 | |||
9 In Praise of the Indigenous Neem Tree 71 | |||
10 Indigenous Knowledge of Plant Use in a Hill Tracts Tribal Community and Its Role in Sustainable Development 75 | |||
11 Wild Vegetables: A Valuable Natural Resource for the Rural Poor 79 | |||
12 Local Vegetable Seed Storage Methods and Women's Participation in Development 91 | |||
13 Medicinal Plants for the Survival of Rural People 97 | |||
14 Indigenous Medicinal Plant Use, Sustainabilty and Biodiversity: Learning from the Grameen Bank Experience 107 | |||
15 Indigenous Knowledge of Fish and Fisheries: A Pilot Study 117 | |||
16 Freshwater Fisheries: Indigenous Knowledge and Issues of Sustainability 127 | |||
17 An Indigenously Developed Pond Aquaculture System 131 | |||
18 Indigenous Knowledge and Agricultural Research: Conflicts and Complementarities 139 | |||
19 Cultivating Indigenous Knowledge on Bangladeshi Soil: An Essay in Definition 145 | |||
20 Actors and Rural Livelihoods: Integrating Interdisciplinary Research and Local Knowledge 161 | |||
21 Databases, Indigenous Knowledge and Interdisciplinary Research 179 | |||
22 Indigenous Knowledge Fieldwork: Interaction with Natural Resource Scientists 197 | |||
23 When a Bangladeshi 'Native' is not a Bangladeshi 'Native' 203 | |||
24 The Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Its Network 213 | |||
References 219 | |||
Index 239 |
Paul Sillitoe
Paul Sillitoe is professor of Anthropology at the University of Durham, UK.
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