Local knowledge and gender in Ghana
By: Christine Müller
Series: Kultur und soziale Praxis = -- Culture and social practice; Kultur und soziale Praxis
Publisher: Transcript
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bielefeld
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Women -- Ghana -- Societies and clubs; Knowledge, Theory of -- Ghana; Knowledge, Sociology of
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Bielefeld) under the title: Coming out of our shells - local knowledge and gender in Ghana

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-205)
Table of contents: title: Knowledge between globalization and localization; title: Doing research and writing wor(l)ds; title: Conceptualising local knowledge; title: Knowledge transfer over generations: continuity and change; title: "Traditional" institutions as arenas of knowledge struggle; title: Social networking between women's organizations; title: The migrating knowledge; title: Decentralised political institutions: knowledge between bureaucratising and lobbying; title: Glocalised practices: towards a knowledge society