The Knowing in Indigenous Knowledge: Alternative Ways to View Development, Largely from a New Guinea Highlands’ Perspective

摘要: What might indigenous knowledge mean to others and what are the implications for its effective integration into development? After discussing criticism of adjective indigenous, author focuses on noun knowledge. The concept knowing in New Guinea Highlands points up subjective nature understanding potential disagreement. structures languages, particularly verb constructions featuring evidentials, reflect this subjectivity, indicating source reliability intelligence imparted any dialogue. evidential interest relates oral traditions, embodied knowing, individual variability. It also indicates trust put intelligence, salient acephalous contexts, where expert authorities not recognized. developmental considerable, a stateless political environment precludes imposition capitalist state ideas economic development, though outlines an alternative development currently unclear but likely feature struggle accommodate egalitarian values hierarchical wider world.