Do you need to use only qualitative methods in collecting data on indigenous / Traditional Knowledge in the area of water governance? and if you use the mixed method is it appropriate?
I need information or some articles on data collection with Traditional Knowledge in water resources governance, policy and practices.
Indigenous knowledge of water governance is often collected through surveys, focal group discussions and interviews. This information often will not have a baseline to compare with to deduce if indigenous knowledge is indeed providing better governance. Also note that water governance in rural societies is not always knowledge based, instead rule based. The society agrees on what is acceptable and what is not. The best way to gain confidence in information or knowledge derived from rural communities is to combine independent analysis of the outcome due to perceived governance structure. For example, the health of the vegetation in a rural area can be estimated with remote sensing techniques. One could correlate indices derived from remotely sensed images with 'perceived' good or bad governance.
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I am a big fan of Dr Francisco Eduardo de Castro Rocha. However, most of the papers are in portuguese language. Try http://www.cpac.embrapa.br/quadro/62, nd after that, try looking at editions 297, 301, 305, and for a nice different method look at edition 275. They are using two different approaches. Best of luck with your research. I am sure there are papers in English also.
Trying looking at Margaret Hiza Redsteer's work with the Navajo people.
In the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam, there are some questionnaires surveys for collecting indigenous knowledge of climate change adaptation, including water governance. The data are analysed based on statistical counting and percentage calculation the trends.
I think both Quantitative and qualitative methods are very important to have a better understanding of traditional water governance since quality and quantity are very important to make sustainable decisions
Beside the semi-structure questionnaire surveys, we may apply video and audio recording tools for collecting indigenous knowledge.
As already pointed out by previous colleague answers, in particular, Dr Prathapar answer, “Indigenous knowledge of water governance is often collected through surveys, focal group discussions and interviews. This information often will not have a baseline to compare with to deduce if indigenous knowledge is indeed providing better governance. Also note that water governance in rural societies is not always knowledge based, instead rule based”. I would add that understanding the water resources system with its natural, infrastructure, and institutional subsystems in addition to the determination of its controlled and uncontrolled inputs and outputs is are necessary prior to proposing the proper water governance.
In most cases traditional knowledge data is mainly qualitative in nature , but you can rank the data depending on how you want to use it.Therefore the methods suggested by Sanmugam A Prathapar are normally the best methods to collect traditional knowledge
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