Knowledge in practice : expertise and the transmission of knowledge
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Knowledge in practice : expertise and the transmission of knowledge
（Africa / Richard Fardon, editor, v. 79 no. 1 ; special issue）
Edinburgh University Press, [2009]
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"Published by Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute" -- Back cover
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This special issue investigates knowledge in practice. More specifically, the collection illustrates the exercise of 'expertise', and explores the criteria by which expert knowledge is judged and the social processes of its validation. Grounded in ethnographic fieldwork among weavers, builders, healers, diviners, poets and Islamic scholars, the articles reflect upon the words and deeds of skilled practitioners as they are enounced and enacted in the realm of ritual and the sacred, as well as in the schedule of everyday life and work. By situating actors within local networks of fellow practitioners, clients and pupils, as well as within the wider context of national agendas and global economies, a multiplicity of channels for the constitution of knowledge and the negotiation of expertise are explored.
Table of Contents
- 1. Knowledge in practice, Kai Kresse and Trevor H. J. Marchand
- 2. Traditional healing in South Africa, Robert Thornton
- 3. Mijikenda elders and 'frauds', Janet McIntosh
- 4. Senegalese craftsmen and clerics, Roy Dilley
- 5. A mason's expertise in Djenne, Trevor H. J. Marchand
- 6. Agency and autonomy in divination, Knut Graw
- 7. A Mande diviner and occult economies, Jan Jansen
- 8. Creating authority among female marabouts, Amber B. Gemmeke
- 9. 'Wisdom' on the Swahili coast, Kai Kresse.
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