Rural and longer-established urban communities are rich in
local knowledge, inventiveness, and creativity.
“Local knowledge” is a broad term covering a range
of situations in which people process and utilize information
in daily life and extreme events. It goes well beyond the
narrower notion of “indigenous technical knowledge”
(ITK) to include knowledge as well of social relations, sources
of authority and power, and other “social capital”
that may be mobilized for meeting of needs. Local knowledge
exists in every domain of local social and technical practice
from construction, water resource management, energy systems,
food production, health care, etc. Local knowledge is sometimes
also called “vernacular”.
source: community and civil society perspectives - ProVention
Consortion
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E-mail: santucci@un.org
Environmental and Sustainable Development Division
United Nations Socio-Economic Commission for Asia and the
Pacific (UNESCAP)
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