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Title: Towards a nationally pertinent system of knowledge, science, and technology
Authors: Aguilar Castro, J.
metadata.dc.date.available: 2017-06-16T22:02:31Z
Issue Date: 30-Apr-2015
Publisher: Societal Benefits of Freely Accessible Technologies and Knowledge Resources
Abstract: This chapter describes an autochthonous system of Knowledge, Science, and Technology (KST): its actors, policies, strategies, and instruments. It is proposed to create it via a continuous reflection-action process. Such a system is aimed at promoting an autonomous nation, and will strongly rest on culturally free KST, beyond its actual conception (as universally valid, and neutral) in the Western Society. We argue that since the culture, problems and needs of the western nations are different from those of the non-western nations, such as Latinamerica, Africa or the Muslim World, the use of western KST in non-western societies without an appropriate reflection about national and local pertinence, generates dependence on KST that has very limited local societal benefits, and prevents developing an autonomous and pertinent KST system - non-western societies can only superficially capture the creations of the western society. To overcome this, we suggest that non-western nations must generate an autochthonous KST system. 2015 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.
metadata.dc.identifier.other: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8336-5.ch002
URI: http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18871
ISSN: [{u'$': u'9781466683372'}, {u'$': u'1466683368'}, {u'$': u'9781466683365'}]
Other Identifiers: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8336-5.ch002
Other Identifiers: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8336-5.ch002
metadata.dc.type: Article
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