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Accepted Paper:
Whose knowledge counts? Analysing knowledge infrastructure of international development-related materials and rooms for local expertise
Khanin Hutanuwatr
(King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang)
Pakamas Thinphanga
(Thailand Environment Institute)
Pongtip Thiengburanathum
(Chiang Mai University)
Poon Thiengburanathum
(Chiang Mai University)
Paper short abstract:
In responding to issues around the politics of knowledge, the paper aims to address the overarching question on whose knowledge counts by deploying the analytical framework influenced by knowledge infrastructure concept to investigate artefacts produced by international agencies.
Paper long abstract:
In responding to the areas of knowledge inequality and the politics of knowledge, the paper aims to address the overarching question on whose knowledge counts in development narratives, by applying the analytical framework influenced by the concept of knowledge infrastructure to investigate knowledges. Our previous study, at a local level, found contestations around land use influenced by orchestrated efforts to increase country competitiveness via modern technology and innovation. In this study, it broadens our focus to investigate knowledge artefacts of the related concepts at the global level such as reports and studies related to competitiveness, innovation, and country income that are produced by international agencies and their networks (e.g., World Intellectual Property Organization; World Economic Forum; World Bank, and UN Secretariat). Key analytical questions centre around which knowledges/disciplines are valued and incorporated, by whom, through what techniques, and importantly whether there are rooms for local expertise and indigenous knowledges in the production of knowledge around these normative concepts in development. Their discussions will be complemented with the lens of a post-development school.
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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
In responding to the areas of knowledge inequality and the politics of knowledge, the paper aims to address the overarching question on whose knowledge counts in development narratives, by applying the analytical framework influenced by the concept of knowledge infrastructure to investigate knowledges. Our previous study, at a local level, found contestations around land use influenced by orchestrated efforts to increase country competitiveness via modern technology and innovation. In this study, it broadens our focus to investigate knowledge artefacts of the related concepts at the global level such as reports and studies related to competitiveness, innovation, and country income that are produced by international agencies and their networks (e.g., World Intellectual Property Organization; World Economic Forum; World Bank, and UN Secretariat). Key analytical questions centre around which knowledges/disciplines are valued and incorporated, by whom, through what techniques, and importantly whether there are rooms for local expertise and indigenous knowledges in the production of knowledge around these normative concepts in development. Their discussions will be complemented with the lens of a post-development school.
Cities, Urbanisation, and the Politics of Urban Infrastructure Systems
Session 1 Wednesday 6 July, 2022, -