In my book, titled "Public Participation as a Tool for Integrating Local Knowledge into Spatial Planning" (Springer, 2017) I claim that "anthropological fieldwork is documented in the literature as an accepted, effective, and appropriate means of exposing local knowledge". The question I asked (and tried to answer) in my book is whether public participation practices are capable of exposing local knowledge ?
hi Berman
As I think participatory and direct observation method is a most suitable method to reveal and capture local knowledge. But you have to spend more time in the field with considering norms, believes, customs and practices of the local people . on the other hand you have to consider concepts of " positionality and reflexivity" when you use this method
I think if you can find this book :[ Padgett, D. K. (2016). Qualitative methods in social work research (Vol. 36). Sage Publications.] you can collect more information about qualitative applications .
Choi, J. A. (2006). has explained about important of concepts of " positionality and reflexivity" on his/her paper called " Doing poststructural ethnography in the life history of dropouts in South Korea: Methodological ruminations on subjectivity, positionality and reflexivity" .[ International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 19(4), 435-453.]
I am sending link to this paper herewith which may be useful for you
Regards
Dr. Kumara
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09518390600773163
Dear Tal:
Probably Participation observation as a type of data collection method used in qualitative research in general could be used. As imagine you know is a usually used methodology in disciplines as cultural anthropology and ethnology and in others as sociology, human geography and social psychology.
You could find interesting information or techniques in:
GAITAN, Alfredo. (2000) Exploring alternative forms of writing ethnography. Review Essay: Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner (Eds.) (1996). Composing ethnography: Alternative forms of qualitative writing. In Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 1(3), 42. Available in http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/3-00/3-00review-gaitan-e.htm
GANS, Herbert J. (1999). Participant observation in the era of "ethnography." In Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 28(5), 540-548
KAWULICH, Barbara B. (2006). La observación participante como método de recolección de datos. In Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 6(2), 43. Available in http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0502430
LAURIER, Eric. In http://www.ericlaurier.co.uk/resources/Writings/Laurier_Part_Ob_V2.pdf
I hope help you.
Best regards.
Rolando.
Hi Tal
agree with Rolando here, ethnographic work is often neglected outside anthropology but indeed a powerful tool for the researcher.
In the end, "life" happens around us all the time and thus we shoould study it with our limited ability and use the right tools such as ethnography.
Best
Bing
Hi
I Agree totally with the above suggestions, the best method to be employed must be participate observations and the language of the indigenous people must be carefully worked on in terms of interpretations
I agree with the answers provided further up and want to include another aspect. Local knowledge is also contained in people's oral histories, which often deal with people's understanding of the world and even concrete explanations of natural processes / events. Some literature that is very valuable is:
Patrick D. Nunn
Vanished Islands And Hidden Continents Of The Pacific (Latitude 20 Books)
0824832191, 9780824832193
2008
Rory A. Walshe, Patrick D. Nunn
Integration of indigenous knowledge and disaster risk reduction: A case study from Baie Martelli, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
Springer-Verlag
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Year:2012
Month:12
Day:
Volume:3
Issue:4
First page:185
Last page:194
Patrick D Nunn
On the Convergence of Myth and Reality: Examples from the Pacific Islands
JSTOR
The Geographical Journal
Year:2001
Month:06
Day:
Volume:167
Issue:2
First page:125
Last page:138
Patrick D. Nunn
Fished Up or Thrown Down: The Geography of Pacific Island Origin Myths
Wiley Blackwell (Blackwell Publishing)
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Year:2003
Month:
Day:
Volume:93
Issue:2
First page:350
Last page:364
Nunn, Patrick D
Geohazards and myths: ancient memories of rapid coastal change in the Asia-Pacific region and their value to future adaptation
Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.)
Geoscience Letters
Year:2014
Month:12
Day:
Volume:1
Issue:1
First page:3
Last page:
Nunn, Patrick D.
Lashed by sharks, pelted by demons, drowned for apostasy: the value of myths that explain geohazards in the Asia-Pacific region
Informa UK (Taylor & Francis)
Asian Geographer
Year:2014
Month:01
Day:02
Volume:31
Issue:1
First page:59
Last page:82
Patrick D. Nunn
Myths and the Formation of Niue Island, Central South Pacific
JSTOR
Journal of Pacific History
Year:2004
Month:06
Day:
Volume:39
Issue:1
First page:99
Last page:108
Hugh A. Robertson; Tara K. McGee
Applying local knowledge: the contribution of oral history to wetland rehabilitation at Kanyapella Basin, Australia
Elsevier
Journal of Environmental Management
Year:2003
Month:
Day:
Volume:69
Issue:3
First page:275
Last page:287
Professor Irma M. Olmedo
Voices of Our Past: Using Oral History to Explore Funds of Knowledge within a Puerto Rican Family
University of California Press
Anthropology & Education Quarterly
Year:1997
Month:
Day:
Volume:28
Issue:4
First page:550
Last page:573
Sandra E. Greene
Oral Heritage and Indigenous Knowledge || Whispers and Silences: Explorations in African Oral History
JSTOR
Africa Today
Year:2003
Month:AUT-WIN
Day:
Volume:50
Issue:2
First page:41
Last page:53
Babacar Fall
Oral Heritage and Indigenous Knowledge || Orality and Life Histories: Rethinking the Social and Political History of Senegal
JSTOR
Africa Today
Year:2003
Month:AUT-WIN
Day:
Volume:50
Issue:2
First page:55
Last page:65
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