Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88355 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
ZEF Working Paper Series No. 118
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we investigate the utility of Knorr-Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures and knowledge cultures for the analysis of rural transition in post-socialist countries. We look at the evolution of agricultural expertise in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Georgia, with a special interest in the reconstruction of 'extension', a concept we also critically investigate by means of Knorr-Cetina's framework. It is argued that rural transition in the three countries is marked by patterns of convergence and divergence, and that each path can be described as a unique and interdependent combination of epistemic cultures and knowledge culture, leading to unique modes of interpretation, recombination and implementation of both imported and pre-existing models of extension.
Subjects: 
rural development
Central Asia
extension services
knowledge
epistemic cultures
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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