Decontextualized Knowledge, Situated Politics
The New Scientific-Local Politics of Rice Genetic Resources in Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3885201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Witchuda Srang‐iam (0000-0003-2770-4633, National Institute of Development Administration, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development and Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/dech.12002 |
| OpenAlex | W2124538281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 38 |
Recent practices of scientific-local knowledge interaction in Thailand surrounding rice genetic resources have led to a new phenomenon, which this article calls knowledge inclusion. This study explores several forms of knowledge inclusion -participatory science, localized science, scientized knowledge and hybridized knowledge- as new loci of political practices among government rice breeders, non-governmental officials and farmers. Ethnographic studies are used to reveal that, through selectively incorporating elements of each other's knowledges, these scientific and local knowledge practitioners have drawn on the discourses of scientific-local knowledges to their political advantage. The ramifications of this new politics vary according to different political arenas in rice genetic resource management. Based on these findings, the article argues that recent practices of knowledge inclusion should not be obscured by the notion of situated knowledge, but should be understood as situated politics of decontextualized knowledge in genetic resource management. The argument reconceptualizes the new scientific-local politics as a synthesis between the power-knowledge relation and the power-structural context in which genetic resource management takes place
Argument (complex analysis) · Biology · Citizen journalism · Context (archaeology) · Environmental ethics · Inclusion (mineral) · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Resource (disambiguation) · Situated · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · CRISPR and Genetic Engineering · Law
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |