Title Inventing Indigenous Knowledge : Archaeology, Rural Development and the Raised Field Rehabilitation Project in Bolivia

Published Florence : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages) Series Indigenous Peoples and Politics Ser Indigenous Peoples and Politics Ser Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction; Representing Raised Fields as Indigenous Knowledge; The Community of Wankollo; Outline of Chapters; Chapter Two Ethnic Groups and the State: From Tiwanaku to National Revolution in the Lake Titicaca Basin; The Physical Setting; The Tiwanaku State and Political Economy; The Question of Tiwanaku Ethnic Origins; The Aymara Kingdoms; The Inca Conquest; The Spanish Conquest; Toledo Reforms and Colonial Administration; Late Colonial Society and "The Age of Andean Insurrection'' The 19th Century Republic of BoliviaThe Early 20th Century and National Revolution; Chapter Three The Contexts of Agricultural Development: Agrarian Policies, Indigenous Social Movements, and Sustainable Development; The Agrarian Reform in Wankollo and the Lake Titicaca Basin; Political and Economic Currents after Agrarian Reform; Katarismo and Indigenous Politics in La Paz; Sustainable Development and International Development Policies; Custom Designing Development: An Altiplano Development Project in Bolivia Chapter Four "Inventing Tradition" and Development: The Representation of Raised Field AgricultureEssentialism, Representation, and Invented Traditions; Archaeology and Experiments with Raised Field Agriculture; The Raised Field Rehabilitation Project in Bolivia; Representations of Tiwanaku and the Lake Titicaca Basin in Archaeology; Representations of Raised Fields and Indigenous Peoples in Development; Discussion; Conclusions; Chapter Five Traditional Agricultural Practices: Contrasting Representations of Raised Fields with Production Factors at the Local Level Agricultural Production in WankolloThe Raised Field Rehabilitation Project in Wankollo; Solar Heat Retention and Frost Protection; Nutrient Regeneration and "Ecological Sustainability"; Raised Fields as "Appropriate Technology"; Access to Land for Raised Fields; Conclusion; Chapter Six The "Myth of the Idle Peasant" Revisited: Access to Labor for Agriculture; Organizing Agricultural Labor; Labor Availability in Wankollo; Labor Requirements for Raised Fields and Regular Potato Fields; Conclusions Chapter Seven Conclusion: Inventing Indigenous Knowledge and the Maintenance of Class and Ethnic BoundariesAppendix One Methodology; Appendix Two Figures; Bibliography; Index Summary First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company Notes Print version record Subject Indians of South America -- Agriculture -- Bolivia Aymara Indians -- Agriculture Rural development projects -- Bolivia Terracing -- Bolivia SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. Aymara Indians -- Agriculture Indians of South America -- Agriculture Rural development projects Terracing Bolivia Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317794219 1317794214

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