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"Traditional Knowledge" and Local Development Trajectories
The paper discusses the concept of "traditional knowledge": its definition, economic significance and role in shaping regional development trajectories. After outlining a conceptual framework for the analysis of traditional knowledge, the paper examines the changing position of traditional knowledge in two Italian regions that have followed quite different development trajectories since the 1950s.
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http://dea.univpm.it/quaderni/pdf/246.pdf