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ID153144
Title ProperCivil society knowledge networks
Other Title Informationhow international development institutions reshape the geography of knowledge
LanguageENG
AuthorFouksman, E
Summary / Abstract (Note)What role have the processes and institutions of international development played in creating and propagating ideas around the world? This paper demonstrates that networks of development-focused civil society institutions can form global epistemic bridges even where communication technology, global markets, infrastructure, or state services do not reach. Given the penetration of these ‘civil society knowledge networks’ throughout the world, it is crucial to understand how these networks form, and how they create and spread ideas, mediating between global discourses and local needs. This paper builds on a multi-sited case study of one such civil society knowledge network, which includes an international foundation, its partner non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Kenya, and one village where these NGOs run a forest conservation project. The case study provides a closely textured analysis of the mechanisms of knowledge production and consumption in the network, including personality politics, language, technology, political connections and the power dynamics of knowledge flows. It demonstrates the ways remoteness and disconnection are overcome through the epistemic reach of institutional networks involved in development interventions.
`In' analytical NoteThird World Quarterly Vol. 38, No.8; 2017: p.1847-1872
Journal SourceThird World Quarterly Vol: 38 No 8
Key WordsGlobalisation ;  NGOs ;  Global civil Society ;  Epistemic Communities ;  Knowledge Production ;  Network Society ;  Knowledge Flows ;  Environmental Knowledge ;  Development Institutions


 
 
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