The Development of Indigenous Knowledge
Paul Sillitoe1,2
1Professor of Anthropology at Durham University (Durham DH1 3HN, U.K.). He has qualifications in both agricultural science and anthropology with a Ph.D. (1976) from the University of Cambridge. His current research interests focus on natural resources management, technology, and development. He has conducted extensive fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and currently has a project in Bangladesh. His publications include Roots of the Earth: The Cultivation and Classification of Crops in the Papua New Guinea Highlands (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1983), Made in Niugini: Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (London: British Museum Publications, 1988), The Bogaia of the Muller Ranges, Papua New Guinea: Land Use, Agriculture, and Society of a Vulnerable Population (Oceania Monograph 44 [1994]), and A Place Against Time: Land and Environment in the Papua New Guinea Highlands (Amsterdam: Harwood Academic [Gordon and Breach], 1996). The present paper was submitted 11 I 97 and accepted 31 vii 97
2the final version reached the Editor's office 15 IX 97.