Four challenges to knowledge integration for development and the role of philosophy in addressing them
Integrating local knowledge about environmental and socioeconomic circumstances is necessary in order for development efforts to be responsive to local realities and needs. However, knowledge-integration in development planning is not a straightforward process. Drawing on philosophical theory, in th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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| In: |
Journal of global ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 262-282 |
| Further subjects: | B
power inequality
B Knowledge integration B Development Ethics B socioeconomic inequality B Local Knowledge |
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| Summary: | Integrating local knowledge about environmental and socioeconomic circumstances is necessary in order for development efforts to be responsive to local realities and needs. However, knowledge-integration in development planning is not a straightforward process. Drawing on philosophical theory, in this paper, I identify and discuss four challenges to knowledge integration and how they can be overcome. First, practical challenges refer to the many feasibility constraints that limit inclusion of local communities, including lack of time and financial resources as well as the uncertainty and availability of reliable data. Second, normative challenges refer to the differences in normative status between different stakeholders as a result of existing power structures, socioeconomic inequalities, and marginalization of minority groups and which affect the ability of these groups to express their knowledge. Third, epistemic challenges refer to differences in levels and kinds of knowledge that different stakeholders possess and which complicate the successful communication of knowledge between stakeholders. Lastly, ontological challenges refer to the extent to which the knowledge of different stakeholders makes sense against different worldviews and the extent to which knowledge can be successfully communicated to stakeholders with different ontologies. |
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| ISSN: | 1744-9634 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of global ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/17449626.2020.1858324 |
