This manual is for development programme managers and project leaders who wish to incorporate an indigenous knowledge element into their work. The guidelines acknowledge that the design and management of IK-informed projects involve making decisions about many closely interrelated issues. They take cost, time and scope of objectives as the principal design issues. The methodology also deals with issues of team functioning that critically inform project success. The guidelines make reference to project cycle management in the context of natural resources indigenous knowledge research, and present options for reducing conflicts and more effectively including the views of primary stakeholders. Novel topics are covered, such as computer aided analysis of qualitative data and the use of cross-cultural research staff. The methodology is grounded in anthropological and development research, and attempts to be critically aware of contemporary reflective practice. Whatever your interest in indigenous knowledge you will find this book a fascinating and insightful handbook.

• PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PROJECTS
• Introduction
• Definition
• Background
• Justification
• Methodology
• PART 2: DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PROJECTS
• Design and management of projects
• Project design considerations
• The indigenous knowledge cube
• V a decision framework
• The cube axes
• Eight indigenous knowledge project scenarios
• Project and team management
• PART 3: TOOL BOX OF METHODS FOR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PROJECTS
• Participant observation
• Interviewing/discussion
• Wealth ranking/well-being or vulnerability ranking/social mapping
• Mapping
• Venn diagramming/institution analysis
• Farm walk
• Transect
• Seasonal calendar/pattern chart
• Taxonomies
• Webbing
• Flow chart/process diagram
• Historical comparison/time lines
• Group discussion/focus groups
• Participating technology analysis
• Strengths and weaknesses
• Sorting and ranking
• Matrix
• Five questions
• Problem/option census
• Brainstorming
• Assessment workshops/envisioning
• Data analysis tools
• Other tools
• PART 4: FURTHER SOURCES AND REFERENCES FOR INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PROJECTS
• Key references
• Indigenous knowledge newsletters
• Indigenous knowledge web sites
• Bibliography (including references cited in text)
• Index

Paul Sillitoe
Paul Sillitoe is professor of Anthropology at the University of Durham, UK.

Peter Dixon
Peter J. Dixon is Research Associate in Anthropology at the University of Durham.

Julian Barr