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An Ethnography of Knowledge: The Production of Knowledge in Mupfurudzi Resettlement Scheme, Zimbabwe

By Netsayi Noris Mudege

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic
Year
2007
ISBN
9004161686, 9789004161689
ISSN
1570-9310
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3404864 bytes)
Series
Afrika-Studiecentrum Series 11
Pages
238\251
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2016-01-27 11:34:15
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Description

This book contributes to academic debates on knowledge. A resettlement area with people resettling from different agro-ecological regions with different knowledge and approaches to agriculture and farming provides a fascinating area to investigate how knowledge is produced and socialised. The fact that the resettlement scheme became a melting pot of different knowledge makes the term 'local' problematic yet farmers still use and produce knowledge that is considered 'local'. Of interest is how the gender dynamics, politics, power, conflicts, resistance, religious beliefs and government policies impact on farming knowledge and on farming in general. This book unravels how local knowledge makes use of scientifically based state organised interventions. The book is of interest to policy makers and anyone involved in development studies.

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