Tsouvalis, J. orcid.org/0000-0001-6399-3394, Seymour, S. and Watkins, C. (2000) Exploring knowledge-cultures : precision farming, yield mapping, and the expert–farmer interface. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 32 (5). pp. 909-924. ISSN 0308-518X
Abstract
Over recent years the concept of ‘knowledge’ in the singular has been increasingly challenged by ideas of differentiated, contextualized ‘knowledges’. In this paper we propose the concept of ‘knowledge-cultures’ as a way of exploring the fluidity of diverse forms of knowledge and the rules, norms, and values that enable or constrain their production. Elaborating on Shotter's idea of knowledge-from-within, we argue that knowledge-cultures are social achievements that equip those who embody them with a relational–responsive kind of understanding of events and surroundings built on multiple knowledge-forms. To explore this contextual nature of knowledge-culture construction and illustrate our arguments, we draw on detailed empirical research of farmers' experiences with the precision-farming technique of yield mapping in the English counties of Lincolnshire and Suffolk.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2000, a Pion publication printed in Great Britain. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2022 07:09 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2022 07:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1068/a32138 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:188162 |