From council@luna.cas.usf.edu Fri Jun 24 06:23:45 PDT 1994 >From council@luna.cas.usf.edu Fri Jun 24 06:23:44 1994 Return-Path: Received: from mx2.u.washington.edu by wells.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA36040; Fri, 24 Jun 94 06:23:44 -0700 Received: from luna.cas.usf.edu by mx2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA06043; Fri, 24 Jun 94 06:23:42 -0700 Received: from localhost (council@localhost) by luna.cas.usf.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id JAA17558; Fri, 24 Jun 1994 09:19:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 09:18:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "M. Council" Subject: Indigenous Perspective Prospectus To: indknow@u.washington.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Please forgive the rampant technodyslexia displayed in my previous post. Thank you PUBLICATION PROJECT: INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES Trevor Purcell and two co-editors (Univ. of South Florida, Anthropology) are seeking a publisher for the anthology outlined below. Should you have any suggestions, please contact Maggie at council@luna.cas.usf.edu, or USF Department of Anthropology, SOC 107, 4202 Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620- 8100, phone (813) 974-2150. We are also soliciting additional papers for the volume. If you think you have a suitable work, send three copies immediately for consideration to the above address. The paper should be 25-30 pages long, double-spaced, and preferably written in accordance with the American Anthropological Association style standard. We will review your article and inform you of the result ASAP. Anthology Prospectus Title: THE INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE: CONTRASTING KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND THE QUEST FOR SELF-DETERMINATION The papers in this anthology, based largely on original field research, address various aspects of the application of the indigenous perspective in a manner that demonstrates the direct relevance comparative cultural knowledge to achieving a more objective understanding - and solutions - of the conflicts engendered by the globalization of capitalism and it particular view of the world. The papers are set in the historical context of five centuries of the emergence and expansion of capitalism, a process which has been enduringly unkind to those it defines as indigenous. In the past two decades, the world has witnessed a dialectical twist of history which has brought indigenous peoples to a position of re-invigorated cultural assertion vis-a-vis the dominant "Western" knowledge. The goal is self-determination, and it is being carved through a forest of international, intercultural, and even interclass "development" problems: conflicting notions of property rights; contrasting understandings of resource conservation; the confrontation of technology and morality; and perhaps most pervasive, different understandings of the relationship of "development" to sustainable social well-being. The tide of self-determination is not, however, confined to indigenous peoples; the indigenous model of action and critical discourse has been embraced by many NGOs and post-colonial states seeking alternatives to historically imposed life strategies. Thus, there has emerged what may be termed an indigenous perspective, i.e., strategies based on local knowledge and local initiative, the common thread that ties these papers in the volume together. The topics in the anthology include: a) questions of what constitutes indigenous knowledge; b) the application of such cognitive methodologies as triadic sorting and multidimensional scaling; c) institutional economics, and factors determining property rights such as history, culture, and gender; d) indigenous perspectives in community planning, health and healing, sustainable natural resource development, and the need for locally conceived ideological discourse; e) the manipulation of symbolic capital in the relationship between indigenous groups and the international environmental movement; f) and, finally, the potential conflict between ethical relativism and principles of universal human rights. Structure of the Anthology The volume consists of a Preface, an Introduction and sixteen articles (so far). The Preface summarizes the advent of the papers. The Introduction locates the volume within contemporary works on the research and application of indigenous/local knowledge, as well as in the public discourse on the globalization of industrial capitalism and its implications for the future. The volume is divided into five topical sections: 1) Methodological and Conceptual Issues; 2) Property Rights and Resource Management; 3) Sustainable Development and Resource Utilization; 4) Indigenous Knowledge in Health and Healing. 5) Local Knowledge and the New Information Technology. .