Abstract Since the second half of the twentieth century, projects of international development have increasingly embraced Indigenous knowledge. This article discusses the ways in which development organisations justify, legitimise, and valorise Indigenous knowledge towards financiers, the general public, and political or developmental institutions. I analyse a development project situated in the Peruvian Andes (region of Ayacucho) which aims at the conservation and transmission of elderly persons’ agricultural knowledge. The project is part of binational development cooperation: Carried out by a Peruvian non-profit organisation, the project is funded by a German non-profit organisation via third-party funds and donations. Based on field research in both Germany and Peru this article shows how the two development organisations frame the same development project in different ways, depending on their respective organisational objectives, relevant discourses, or audiences. Two larger issues are addressed in t...

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改革发展？国际发展中的本土知识模式

摘要 20 世纪下半叶以来，国际发展项目越来越多地包含本土知识。本文讨论了发展组织向金融家、公众、政治或发展机构证明、合法化和评估土著知识的方式。我分析了一个位于秘鲁安第斯山脉（阿亚库乔地区）的开发项目，该项目旨在保护和传播老年人的农业知识。该项目是两国发展合作的一部分：该项目由一家秘鲁非营利组织实施，由一家德国非营利组织通过第三方资金和捐款资助。本文基于在德国和秘鲁的实地研究，展示了这两个开发组织如何根据各自的组织目标、相关话语或受众以不同的方式构建同一个开发项目。解决了两个更大的问题...