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Indigenous technical knowledge

One hesitates before introducing yet another unfamiliar term, such as "metis," into this discussion. In this case, however, metis" seems to better convey the sorts of practical skills that I have in mind than do such plausible alternatives as indigenous technical knowledge, folk wisdom, practical skills, techne, and so on. ... [Pg.313]

Such terms as "indigenous technical knowledge and folk wisdom seem to me to confine this knowledge to traditional or backward peoples, whereas I want to emphasize how these skills are implicit in the most modern of activities, whether on the factory floor or in a research laboratory. Local knowledge and practical knowledge are better, but both terms seem too circumscribed and static to capture the constantly changing, dynamic aspect of metis. [Pg.424]


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