کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1053698 1485076 2013 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Rethinking the relationship between technical and local knowledge: Toward a multi-type approach
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی های تجدید پذیر، توسعه پایدار و محیط زیست
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Rethinking the relationship between technical and local knowledge: Toward a multi-type approach
چکیده انگلیسی

In the field of policy-making, technical knowledge is generally regarded as objective, true, and sufficient. It is typically positioned in contrast to local knowledge, which is considered subjective and irrelevant to policy-making. This paper follows a growing scholarly trend of re-examining the relationship between technical and local knowledge, in order to show that technical knowledge may be disputable, uncertain, and based on problematic presuppositions, while local knowledge often employs objective and systematic methods. The dichotomy between local and technical knowledge is thereby questioned, with the proposal that there exist multiple types of knowledge that are of relevance to policy-making. In addition, the paper shows that the boundary between individuals who hold different types of knowledge is blurry, and that, in fact, policy-making stakeholders simultaneously employ several types of knowledge. The empirical data for this study comes from a stakeholder participation process in Health Impact Assessment, which focused on land uses in the vicinity of a national hazardous industry and waste site.


► We combine interpretive approaches and Science and Technology Studies.
► We question the dichotomy between local and technical knowledge.
► We suggest that stakeholders hold multiple types of knowledge simultaneously.
► We conclude that these should be integral to environmental health policy-making.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Environmental Science & Policy - Volume 30, June 2013, Pages 50–59
نویسندگان
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