The Politics of Knowledge in Development: An Analytical Frame

Abstract

The parameters of modern knowledge systems are clearly showing fault lines—that if there is a continuation of the technological systems at the heart of development, neglecting the twin issues of ecology and equity—there is a serious threat to human existence. This article seeks to answer a specific question: in the context of the twenty-first century search of offering alternatives to the hegemonic development paradigm, what kind of knowledges of production in society could possibly be best developed at this point in history? It argues that the answer lies in ‘already existing knowledge systems ( AEKS)’, accompanied by critical thinking on production, distribution and consumption systems. Locating the production of knowledge in five spaces—historical context, policy formulation, political economic structures, forms of collective action and articulation of contested epistemologies—it argues that when AEKS are understood both in form and transformation in these spaces, that the possibilities they offer for substantial alternatives can be explored.

Abordagens De(s)coloniais Na Gestão E Nas Organizações

“…Esses princípios disruptivos podem estar presentes em sistemas de conhecimentos já existentes (Banerjee, 2021), a exemplo do ubuntu e do bem viver. .…”

“…Entre os/as autores/as da área de gestão que realizam crítica de(s)colonial, um dos mais Nos artigos que discutem a gestão ambiental, foi possível observar outros modos de gestão, que se baseiam em princípios que colocam a vida no centro ; e que se referem a sistemas de conhecimentos já existentes (Banerjee, 2021). É o caso do modelo decolonial de gestão e conservação ambiental proposto por Artelle et al (2021), construído a partir de experiências de diferentes nações indígenas em diálogo, na Floresta Tropical Do Grande Urso, no Canadá.…”

Agency, Directionality, Location and the Geographic Situatedness of Knowledge Making: The Politics of Framing in Innovation Research on Energy

“…At the conflictual, yet productive, border of the positivist versus constructivist paradigms, new fields and perspectives have emerged that engage with plural ontologies, epistemologies and socio-material entanglements in interdisciplinary fields like human geography, STS and critical resource studies (Bellacasa, 2011;Nightingale, 2016;Banerjee, 2021;Sprenger and Großmann, 2018). Narrating progress beyond this impasse, Baert & Rubio (2011) reflect that focus in contemporary scholarly discussion is more concerned about the ontological dimensions of knowledge: that is, about its generative capacity to produce new entities and relations in the world (Baert and Rubio, 2011).…”

The Role of Press in the Politics of Knowledge in Development: Challenges of Creating ‘Alternatives’ in Media

“…Economic historians Dittmar (2011) and Baten and van Zanden (2008) show a close link between printing and economic growth through historical data. 4 The implication of print medium's central role in processes of homogenization, standardization and commodification for the modern nation-state and modern economy proved fundamentally antithetical to AEKSs, based in local ecologies for local consumption, with a worldview of keeping balance in nature and a propensity to be within the reach of most people (Banerjee, 2021).…”