Interview: Melissa Leach | Special Reports | EducationGuardian.co.uk - The Diigo Meta page

• 17 Jul 07
  

  Jeremy Price

  anthropology culture environment quantitative research science

  • Leach and her colleagues had shown how experts can reach wildly wrong conclusions if local knowledge and history are not taken into account.
  • It promises to question the "assumption that the world is stable, predictable and knowable through a single form of knowledge that assumes one size fits all".
  • Leach wants the centre to involve "citizens and decision-makers of all levels".
  • "But we live in a world of dynamic change and uncertainty. We want to tackle these challenges head on, combining new theory with practical solutions that make science and technology work for the poor, and create sustainable environments from building on people's own knowledge. Economic growth is to be applauded, but one can't assume its benefits will trickle down to the poor."
  • "We urgently need new, interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and addressing situations that combine an understanding of social, technological and environmental processes,"

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