Management Speak: Indigenous knowledge and bureaucratic engagement
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In this article we examine the concept of ‘indigenous knowledge’ as it is currently used in resource management discourse. In the process of engaging with government agents and researchers in the bureaucracy of resource management, indigenous knowledge is a powerful concept in the legitimization of local indigenous practice as well as the recognition of resource and socio-environmental management aspirations. Our use of the phrase ‘management speak’frames our analysis of these bureaucratic engagements as process (management) and dialogue, rather than a ‘space’. We do so in order to gain insights into the politics and practice of these engagements that might go beyond recognition of indigenous interests and toward more practical approaches. Our discussion draws on research conducted at Yarrabah Aboriginal Community in northern Queensland in relation to marine resource management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
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51
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1558-5727
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Berghahn Journals
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10.3167/sa.2007.510307