Reference Models for Transmitting Knowledge

Autor: Lena Kaufmann
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China ISBN: 9789048552184
Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China
DOI: 10.5117/9789463729734_ch03
Popis: This chapter describes one specific verbal medium of paddy field knowledge transmission, farming proverbs, discussing the role these proverbs play at the nexus of rice farming and rural-urban migration in China. Based on two anthologies of oral vernacular literature, the chapter asserts that these agricultural maxims provide evidence for the transformation of farming technology and the system of knowledge transmission. In addition, it argues that, first, the strength of these sayings lies precisely in their flexibility, which has made them a platform of knowledge negotiation between peasants and the state; and, second, that these proverbs have the potential to serve as a back-up resource for retaining paddy field knowledge.
Databáze: OpenAIRE