Building an innovation system and indigenous knowledge in Namibia

Hooli, Lauri; Jauhiainen, Jussi S.

doi:10.1080/20421338.2018.1436737

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“…While careful consideration is needed when models originating from the Global North are applied to the Global South's rural contexts (see Saarinen & Lenao, 2014), particularly the focus on the civil society, communality and third‐sector associations inherent in vitality policy is an apt development approach also for regions with less resources. Additionally, embedding indigenous knowledge––that is, locally embedded knowledge that is unique to a given community––in vitality policy (in addition to the focus on place‐based strengths and resources) would help to adjust the concept into the local contexts of the Global South, since indigenous knowledge facilitates the participatory development processes of local communities (see Hooli & Jauhiainen, 2018; Jauhiainen & Hooli, 2017). At the same time, it can be stated that vitality policy does not necessarily need to be limited to rural development issues.…”

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Vitality policy as a tool for rural development in peripheral Finland

Makkonen

Kahila

2020

Growth and Change

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In Finland, there has been a strong tendency to direct rural development from competitiveness and (traditional) enterprise and industrial policy towards a more holistic, systemic and place‐based “vitality policy” including softer development values related to attractive living environments, communality and the well‐being of residents. Research on the topic has, however, remained limited and the views of municipalities unaccounted for. Here, the issue of how municipalities themselves regard this shift in their development work was taken under scrutiny using data collected from the rural and peripheral region of North Karelia (Finland). The empirical material was collected from municipal strategies and via face‐to‐face and telephone interviews with municipal officials. The results show that vitality policy is a holistic place‐based tool to develop rural regions involving several policy sectors and a network (system) of organisations from the public, private, and third‐sector centred around the municipality, that is, local government. Thus, those involved constitute a quadruple helix of actors engaged in rural development. At the same time, under vitality policy, the municipalities have taken a more active role towards strengthening communality. Nevertheless, if (traditional) enterprise and industrial policy fails, other policy measures will have a limited impact on rural development.

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Section: Discussion: the Wider Applicability Novelty And Feasibility Of Vitality Policy?mentioning

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Vitality policy as a tool for rural development in peripheral Finland

Makkonen

Kahila

2020

Growth and Change

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“…Mwantimwa, 2008), is well suited for a context such as South Africa, where rural communities mostly rely on traditional expressions and practices (Jauhiainen and Hooli, 2017). The strategy also supports the potential for scaling-up innovative Indigenous approaches and could assist in empowering local communities and providing much needed new sustainable economic opportunities (Hooli and Jauhiainen, 2018). Although considered economically marginal and typically ignored in national decision-making (Shackleton 2009;Laird et al, 2010), plant material is often used for craft making (weaving), and is an important element for rural communities, in terms of livelihoods, Indigenous knowledge and heritage (Kepe 2003;Makhado and Kepe, 2006;Traynor et al, 2010;Kotze & Traynor 2011).…”

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Eco-creative nature-based solutions to transform urban coastlines, local coastal communities and enhance biodiversity through the lens of scientific and Indigenous knowledge

Porri

McConnachie

Walt

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Camb. prisms Coast. futures

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This transdisciplinary review has the potential to shift the classic paradigms of perceiving and applying ecological engineering in coastal ecosystems. This impact is primarily driven by the centrality of Indigenous knowledge, people and local communities in the co-creation of nature-based solutions. Through an equitable and fair process, the active engagement by local communities in eco-creative innovations and transformative pedagogies will lead to meaningful benefits for people and the biological coastal communities.

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“…Combined analytical and context-specific knowledge has a stronger influence on the project output than either of them alone (Parrilli and Heras 2016). Beyond the limited contextual understanding amongst experts from the Global North, a common challenge is that actors from the Global South often lack the absorptive capacity to utilise analytical knowledge handed down by foreign experts and may not have the resources to take advantage of the latest technological equipment (Cohen and Levinthal 1990;Hooli and Jauhiainen 2018). Therefore, the contextualisation of knowledge requires extra recognition of cognitive processes between various actors and their personal interpretations (Hautala and Jauhiainen 2014).…”

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Development Cooperation as a Knowledge Creation Process: Rhythmanalytical Approach to a Capacity-Building Project in Zanzibar

Ojala

Hooli

2021

Eur J Dev Res

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In development cooperation, the ideas of material support and instructive teaching have increasingly given way to those of reciprocal collaboration and non-material support. In this research, we explore the potential of rhythmanalysis as an approach to studying complex knowledge creation processes in an international development cooperation project. The Zan-SDI project aimed to enhance the geospatial infrastructure in Zanzibar through cooperation between Finnish and Zanzibarian experts. Our rhythmanalysis shows that knowledge creation in the everyday practices of development cooperation is extremely vulnerable to various distractions on multiple spatio-temporal scales. Continuous learning and efforts are required to sustain the project ensemble and knowledge creation. Although new partnerships and inter-organisational collaboration are a source of novelty and innovation, much of their potential remains unrealised without intensive long-term engagement, possibilities to quickly reform the project scheme, and a sufficient combination of financial, material and non-material support.

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Building an innovation system and indigenous knowledge in Namibia

Cited by 23 publications

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Vitality policy as a tool for rural development in peripheral Finland

Vitality policy as a tool for rural development in peripheral Finland

Eco-creative nature-based solutions to transform urban coastlines, local coastal communities and enhance biodiversity through the lens of scientific and Indigenous knowledge

Development Cooperation as a Knowledge Creation Process: Rhythmanalytical Approach to a Capacity-Building Project in Zanzibar

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