ISBN: 9783319218991 - ethnic and cultural dimensions of knowledge (knowledge and space, 8, band 8) (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. X, 304 p.: Ill. An excellent copy. - Contents 1 Ethnic and Cultural Dimensions of Knowledge and Education: An Introduction Peter Meusburger, Tim Freytag, and Laura Suarsana 2 The School System as an Arena of Ethnic Conflicts Peter Meusburger 3 Race, Politics, and Geography in the Development of Public Schools in the Southern United States Adam Fairclough 4 Spatial Traditions of Knowledge and Education: Ethnic Groups in the United States Reconsidered Werner Gamerith 5 Educational Inequalities Reflecting Sociocultural and Geographical Embeddedness? Exploring the Place of Hispanics and Hispanic Cultures in Higher Education and Research Institutions in New Mexico Tim Freytag 6 Local Cultural Resource Knowledge, Identity, Representation, Schooling, and Education in Euro-Canadian Contexts George J. Sefa Dei 7 The Knowing in Indigenous Knowledge: Alternative Ways to View Development, Largely from a New Guinea Highlands Perspective Paul Sillitoe 8 Local Knowledge as a Universal Social Product: A General Model and a Case from Southeast Asia Christoph Antweiler 9 Local Knowledge and Global Concerns: Artificial Glaciers as a Focus of Environmental Knowledge and Development Interventions Marcus Niisser and Ravi Baghel 10 Political Economy, Power, and the Erasure of Pastoralist Indigenous Knowledge in the Maghreb and Afghanistan Diana K. Davis 11 Masawabogeokwa si tuta!'. Cultural and Cognitive Implications of the Trobriand Islanders Gradual Loss of Their Knowledge of How to Make a Masawa Canoe Gunter Senft 12 Beyond Merry-Making: Customs of Indigenous Peoples and the Normative Functions of Ceremonies in Precolonial Igbo Societies Ikechi Mgbeoji 13 Knowledge, Behavior, and Culture: HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa William T.S. Gould The Klaus Tschira Stiftung In Memory of Klaus Tschira Index. ISBN 9783319218991 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 6495.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book presents theoretical and methodical discussions on local knowledge and indigenous knowledge. It examines educational attainment of ethnic minorities, race and politics in educational systems, and the problem of losing indigenous knowledge. It comprises a broad range of case studies about specifics of local knowledge from several regions of the world, reflecting the interdependence of norms, tradition, ethnic and cultural identities, and knowledge. The contributors explore gaps between knowledge and agency, address questions of the social distribution of knowledge, consider its relation to communal activities, and inquire into the relation and intersection of knowledge assemblages at local, national, and global scales. The book highlights the relevance of local and indigenous knowledge and discusses implications for educational and developmental politics. It provides ideas and a cross-disciplinary scientific background for scholars, students, and professionals including NGO activists, and policy-makers.…