Multiple Epistemologies

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    Land and people No. 3, July-September 1988
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 1988-09) Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
    This report covers the third issue of Land and People, a PRIA newsletter on land ownership and alienation, published between July and September 1988. It opens with the Supreme Court's August 1988 ruling ordering the closure of limestone mines in the Doon Valley after nearly three decades of local resistance. It examines India's National Water Policy, questioning whether its emphasis on river-basin planning and large-scale groundwater recharge benefits marginal farmers or reinforces their exclusion. The focus article revisits land reform four decades after independence, highlighting the gap between legal provisions and the land held by small and tenant farmers. A review of Vijay Paranjpye's study of the Tehri Dam questions official estimates of economic returns, displacement, and ecological risks. It also reports on protests against the Narmada Valley Project in Bombay, a fast at the Sardar Sarovar dam site, and a march in North Bihar over recurring floods and drinking water scarcity. It concludes with a letter from Thailand's Project for Ecological Recovery on the shelving of the Nam Choan dam following sustained cross-border solidarity, and a report on the first International Rivers Network conference in San Francisco.
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    A Call for a dialogue between knowledges
    (2020) Hall, Budd L
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    Participatory research: An emerging alternative methodology in social science research
    (Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), 1982) Kassam, Yusuf; Mustafa, Kemal
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    Promoting fair and equitable research partnerships to respond to global challenges
    (Rethinking Research Collaborative, 2018) Fransman, Jude; Hall, Budd L; Hayman, Rachel; Narayanan, Pradeep; Newman, Kate; Tandon, Rajesh
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    Beyond epistemicide: Knowledge democracy and higher education
    (UNESCO Chair, 2015) Hall, Budd L
    As universities grapple with their role in a world marked by inequality and ecological crisis, the question of whose knowledge counts has become impossible to ignore. This paper situates higher education within a longer history of epistemicide, the systematic erasure of indigenous and marginalized ways of knowing, and examines how knowledge democracy offers a path toward repair. By drawing on examples of community-based research and indigenous scholarship, it argues for reimagining universities as sites of dialogue rather than dominance, where multiple epistemologies can coexist. The study underscores both the transformative promise and the unresolved tensions of this shift, positioning knowledge democracy less as a finished framework than as an unfolding experiment in rebalancing power and voice.
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    Participatory evaluation of the M. Puthur rural expansion project of national Y.W.C.A.
    (Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA) , 1986-08) Manilal V.
    Set against the backdrop of post-disaster rehabilitation in Tamil Nadu, this paper presents a participatory evaluation of the M. Puthur Rural Expansion Project initiated by the YWCA of India. The study examines how efforts in adult education, Mahila Mandals, and youth clubs shaped local leadership and created early forms of village-based organization. Through field discussions, community meetings, and self-assessments, the evaluation traces both the possibilities of collective action and the limitations faced in sustaining it. The research positions participatory evaluation not simply as a technical exercise, but as a process that reveals how communities negotiate leadership, self-reliance, and their relationship with external agencies. In doing so, it leaves open questions about how such initiatives might deepen local control and reshape the role of supporting institutions.