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A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture (2003)
Journal Article
Barrientos, S., Dolan, C., & Tallontire, A. (2003). A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture. World Development, 31(9), 1511-1526. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X%2803%2900110-4

Codes of conduct covering the employment conditions of Southern producers exporting to European markets mushroomed throughout the 1990s, especially in the horticulture sector linking UK and European supermarkets with export firms in Africa. The major... Read More about A Gendered Value Chain Approach to Codes of Conduct in African Horticulture.

Objects of Learning: An Anthropological Approach to Mathematics Education (2003)
Journal Article
Were, G. (2003). Objects of Learning: An Anthropological Approach to Mathematics Education. Journal of Material Culture, 8(1), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183503008001761

Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of studies in ethnomathematics dedicated towards shedding light on its importance in enhancing education (cf. Bishop, 1988; Gerdes, 1985). Many ethno mathematicians have utilized the object wor... Read More about Objects of Learning: An Anthropological Approach to Mathematics Education.

Negotiating Local Knowledge: Identity and Power in Development (2003)
Book
Pottier, J., Sillitoe, P., & Bicker, A. (Eds.). (2003). Negotiating Local Knowledge: Identity and Power in Development. Pluto. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18mbd5m

The contributors to this volume offer an original approach to debates about indigenous knowledge. Concentrating on the political economy of knowledge construction and dissemination, they look at the variety of ways in which development policies are r... Read More about Negotiating Local Knowledge: Identity and Power in Development.

Migration and Islamic reform in a port town in western India (2003)
Journal Article
Simpson, E. (2003). Migration and Islamic reform in a port town in western India. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 37(1/2), 83-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/006996670303700105

In much of the literature on international migration ‘causes’ are typically presented as evidence of a particular social or religious ‘effect’, without due consideration of the social relationship between the two. This paper explores the social mecha... Read More about Migration and Islamic reform in a port town in western India.

Defining the Limits of a Discourse. 'Social Capital' in Africa (2003)
Book Chapter
Campbell, J. (2003). Defining the Limits of a Discourse. 'Social Capital' in Africa. In P. Moseley, & E. Dowler (Eds.), Poverty and Exclusion in North and South. Essays on Social Policy and Global Poverty Reduction (149-164). Routledge

A possible explanation for the lack of explanation; or 'Why the Master Builder can't explain what he knows': Introducing the Informational Atomism against a 'definitional' definition of concepts (2003)
Book Chapter
Marchand, T. H. (2003). A possible explanation for the lack of explanation; or 'Why the Master Builder can't explain what he knows': Introducing the Informational Atomism against a 'definitional' definition of concepts. In J. Pottier, A. Bicker, & P. Sillitoe (Eds.), Negotiating Local knowledge: Power and Identity in Development (30-50). Pluto Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt18mbd5m.5