Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science

Western science has become epistemically and politically correct over the last two or three centuries (in the West, and then elsewhere). Its practical correctness has been underpinned by claims about utility, about technological and other goodies derived from science – a sort of internal cargo cult,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Arie Rip
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of the Western Cape 2019-06-01
Series:	Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning
Online Access:	http://cristal.ac.za/index.php/cristal/article/view/200

id	doaj-96c93611b76c44bd8b282fc387be1916
record_format	Article
spelling	doaj-96c93611b76c44bd8b282fc387be19162020-11-25T02:52:25ZengUniversity of the Western CapeCritical Studies in Teaching and Learning2310-71032019-06-01718610710.14426/cristal.v7i1.200200Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western scienceArie Rip0University of TwenteWestern science has become epistemically and politically correct over the last two or three centuries (in the West, and then elsewhere). Its practical correctness has been underpinned by claims about utility, about technological and other goodies derived from science – a sort of internal cargo cult, but one which is coming under pressure in the risk society. Indigenous knowledge is becoming practically correct (as an as yet insufficiently tapped resource for development) and politically correct (cf. reconciliation). Is it now also epistemically correct? For that matter, how ‘correct’ is Western science here? I will use sociology of knowledge insights to address these questions, after outlining the structure of debate and practice on indigenous knowledge.http://cristal.ac.za/index.php/cristal/article/view/200
collection	DOAJ
language	English
format	Article
sources	DOAJ
author	Arie Rip
spellingShingle	Arie Rip Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning
author_facet	Arie Rip
author_sort	Arie Rip
title	Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science
title_short	Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science
title_full	Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science
title_fullStr	Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science
title_full_unstemmed	Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science
title_sort	recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to western science
publisher	University of the Western Cape
series	Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning
issn	2310-7103
publishDate	2019-06-01
description	Western science has become epistemically and politically correct over the last two or three centuries (in the West, and then elsewhere). Its practical correctness has been underpinned by claims about utility, about technological and other goodies derived from science – a sort of internal cargo cult, but one which is coming under pressure in the risk society. Indigenous knowledge is becoming practically correct (as an as yet insufficiently tapped resource for development) and politically correct (cf. reconciliation). Is it now also epistemically correct? For that matter, how ‘correct’ is Western science here? I will use sociology of knowledge insights to address these questions, after outlining the structure of debate and practice on indigenous knowledge.
url	http://cristal.ac.za/index.php/cristal/article/view/200
work_keys_str_mv	AT arierip recapturingthestatusofindigenousknowledgeanditsrelationtowesternscience
_version_	1724730280872247296

Recapturing the status of indigenous knowledge and its relation to Western science

Similar Items