Anthropologists have long been concerned with processes of social and cultural change
and have made significant contributions to their understanding. This review, however, is …

Rural poverty is often unseen or misperceived by outsiders. Dr Chambers contends that
researchers, scientists, administrators and fieldworkers rarely appreciate the richness and …

The use of indigenous knowledge has been seen by many as an alternative way of
promoting development in poor rural communities in many parts of the world. By reviewing …

Millions of smallholders in the tropics are farming under rainfed condi tions in diverse and
risk-prone environments. In a constant struggle to survive, farm communities have …

This systematic, critical review of more than 600 recent publications in social impact
assessment (SIA) and related fields is based on the authors' belief that SIA is more than an …

This chapter argues with a general model of local knowledge and an urban example for the
importance of an explicit methodological basis of the use of local knowledge in …

There is a revolution occurring in the pursuit of ethnography, yet strangely, and
disconcertingly, many anthropologists seem blithely unaware of it. What is happening …

This handbook provides information to help the policymaker or educator understand the
research process in order to study problems and opportunities associated with the education …

Contains papers originally presented at a seminar in Zimbabwe in October 1993, presented
in four sections: understanding farmers' knowledge, developing local crops, building …

Organizational Dimensions of Global Change is the first book in a new series designed to
facilitate, across discipline and national boundaries, an emergent dialogue around the issue …