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Ullmann, Thomas Stuart.

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Expert and local knowledge in the two cultures of development: A case study of household business in Guatemala.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Expert and local knowledge in the two cultures of development: A case study of household business in Guatemala./
Author:	Ullmann, Thomas Stuart.
Description:	637 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-01, Section: A, page: 0303.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International57-01A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Cultural. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9614855

Expert and local knowledge in the two cultures of development: A case study of household business in Guatemala.
Ullmann, Thomas Stuart.

Expert and local knowledge in the two cultures of development: A case study of household business in Guatemala. - 637 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-01, Section: A, page: 0303.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 1995.

Concepts of development, as a field of that name emerged during the last half of the twentieth century, may be grouped in one of the two major ideological schools of thought, broadly labeled marxist-socialist or liberal-capitalist. Neither has reproduced, through various forms of assistance, a state combining growth and equity among the less industrialized nations of the world. This failure has led observers to question the basic premise of development undertaken by one culture of another, when shaped by the beliefs of the former.Subjects--Topical Terms:

735016
Anthropology, Cultural.

Expert and local knowledge in the two cultures of development: A case study of household business in Guatemala.
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520 $a Concepts of development, as a field of that name emerged during the last half of the twentieth century, may be grouped in one of the two major ideological schools of thought, broadly labeled marxist-socialist or liberal-capitalist. Neither has reproduced, through various forms of assistance, a state combining growth and equity among the less industrialized nations of the world. This failure has led observers to question the basic premise of development undertaken by one culture of another, when shaped by the beliefs of the former.
520 $a History suggests, however, that development as change, for better or worse, will continue at an increasing rate, driven by the growth of technology and global markets. The question underlying this research is whether external assistance can contribute to meeting needs as perceived by the beneficiaries. An essential component of this question is central to anthropology: can one trained in the discipline acquire an understanding of a different culture sufficient to accurately interpret its knowledge and needs? Equally important is the willingness of the providers of such assistance to support this perspective.
520 $a In the field of development, as it is commonly practiced today between the industrialized and the less economically productive world, this requires an historic change: privileging "local" knowledge of the beneficiaries over "expert" knowledge of the providers. This research, combining observation, interviews, and informal dialogue to provide both ethnographic and quantitative description, is an attempt to understand and interpret the local knowledge, goals, and needs of a sample of informal household businesses in rural Guatemala. It describes the culture and motivations of the assistance providers, and assesses the outcomes of this development encounter.
520 $a The research finds local household businesses to be more self-sufficient than conventional development wisdom holds, in both human and capital resources necessary to meet their own goals. Knowledge relevant to improving income, such as management skills, marketing, and improved literacy, is found to be more important than credit in the majority of sample cases. This outcome suggests leaving informal business credit to organizations that specialize in it, and shifting the focus of development assistance toward relevant knowledge.
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