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Berghahn Books

Titles appearing in SciTech Book News — June 2007

Local science vs. global science; approaches to indigenous knowledge in international development.

Ed. by Paul Sillitoe. (Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology; v.3)
Berghahn Books, ©2007    288 p.    $85.00    GN476
1-84545-014-0

The 13 papers are from two anthropology conferences held in Salford and Manchester, England in 2003. Among the topics are traditional medical knowledge and 21st-century healthcare, the many valuations of Amazon Piaroa local knowledge, rubber and farming in Sri Lanka, whether intellectual property protection is a good idea, and scientific models versus local visions of land use change. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)