Interview: Melissa Leach | Special Reports | EducationGuardia...
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Saved by 2 people (1 private), first by anonymouse user on 2007-07-17
- Oldjove on 2007-08-01 - Tags anthropology , development , ethnography
- Forestfortrees on 2007-07-17 - Tags anthropology , culture , environment , quantitative , research , science
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Leach and her colleagues had shown how experts can reach wildly wrong conclusions if local knowledge and history are not taken into account.
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It promises to question the "assumption that the world is stable, predictable and knowable through a single form of knowledge that assumes one size fits all".
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Leach wants the centre to involve "citizens and decision-makers of all levels".
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"But we live in a world of dynamic change and uncertainty. We want to tackle these challenges head on, combining new theory with practical solutions that make science and technology work for the poor, and create sustainable environments from building on people's own knowledge. Economic growth is to be applauded, but one can't assume its benefits will trickle down to the poor."
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"We urgently need new, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and addressing situations that combine an understanding of social, technological and environmental processes,"
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