Recording and documentation methods
This page lists books and papers describing field and other methods
useful for the recording and documenting of ethnoveterinary knowledge.
Catley, Andy. 1999. Methods on the move: A review of veterinary uses of
participatory approaches and methods focussing on experiences in dryland
Africa. IIED, London, UK.
Catley, A. P., and Ahmed Aden. 1996. Use of participatory rural
appraisal (PRA) tools for investigating tick ecology and tick-borne
diseases in Somaliland. Tropical Animal Health and Production 28:91-98.
Catley, A. P., and A. A. Mohammed. 1996. The use of livestock-disease
scoring by a primary animal-health project in Somaliland. Preventive
Veterinary Medicine 28:175-186.
Grandin, Barbara E., and John Young. 1996. Collection and use of
ethnoveterinary data in community-based animal health programmes. In:
Constance M McCorkle, Evelyn Mathias, and Tjaart W. Schillhorn van Veen
(eds). Ethnoveterinary Research and Development. Intermediate Technology
Publications, London. Pp. 207-228.
IIED.1994. Special issue on livestock. RRA Notes 20. International
Institute for Environment and Development, London.
IIRR. 1996. Recording and using indigenous knowledge: A manual.
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Cavite,
Philippines. [Full-text version at http://www.panasia.org.sg/iirr/.
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Martin, Marina. 1996. The use of rural appraisal methods in
the study of ethnoveterinary medicine. MSc thesis, CTVM,
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 65 pp.
Martin, Marina. 1997. The use of rural appraisal in the
study of ethno-veterinary medicine. Indigenous Knowledge and
Development Monitor 5(1):23.
Mathias, Evelyn. 1994. Importance and use of indigenous knowledge in
sustainable development: A training module. International Institute of
Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Silang, Philippines.
Mathias, Evelyn. 1994. Indigenous knowledge and sustainable
development. Working Paper no. 53. International Institute of
Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Silang, Philippines.
Mathias, Evelyn. 1995. Recording indigenous knowledge: An overview. In:
J. Schneider (ed.). Indigenous Knowledge in Conservation of Crop Genetic
Resources. Proceedings of an international workshop held in Cisarua,
Bogor, Indonesia, Jan. 30-Feb. 3, 1995. CIP-ESEAP/CRIFC, Bogor,
Indonesia. Pp. 19-25.
McCorkle, Constance (ed.). 1990. Improving Andean sheep and alpaca
production: Recommendations from a decade of research in Peru. Small
Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program, University of
Missouri-Columbia, USA.
Mundy, Paul and Evelyn Mathias. 1997. Participatory workshops to produce
information materials on ethnoveterinary medicine. Paper prepared for
the International Conference on Ethnoveterinary Medicine –
Alternatives for Livestock Development, held in Pune, India, Nov. 4-6,
1997. [See also http://www.mamud.com/writeshop.htm]
Stewart, Susan. 1998. Learning together. The agricultural worker’s
participatory sourcebook. Heifer Project International, Little Rock, and
Christian Veterinary Mission, Seattle, USA.
Wanyama, Jacob B. 1997. Confidently used ethnoveterinary knowledge among
pastoralists of Samburu, Kenya. Book 1: Methodology and results. Book 2:
Preparation and administration. Intermediate Technology Kenya, Nairobi,
Kenya.
Waters-Bayer, Ann, and Wolfgang Bayer. 1994. Planning with pastoralists:
PRA and more. A review of methods focused on Africa. Working Paper. GTZ,
Eschborn, Germany.
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