katalisis: bridging knowledge gaps around water sergio larrea world neighbors-bolivia
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Katalisis: Bridging knowledge gaps
around water
Sergio LarreaWorld Neighbors-
Bolivia
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Outline
I. Where we work
II. Katalysis --discovering the water that surrounds
III. OutcomesIV. Follow-up
Alejandrina, President of the Wapage Irrigation
Committee
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Where we work: remote Andes
Northern and Central Ecuador
Central Highlands, Bolivia(N. Potosí)
Central HighlandsPeru (Ayacucho, Apurimac)
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Landscape: semi-arid highlands
North Potosí, Bolivia
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Katalysis: discovering the water that
surrounds
Calculating the value of water that goes unharvested on our farms
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Katalysis:the learning-action
process…• Endogenous design
• Heterogeneity of local experience
• Group-based discovery-based learning and action
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Guided encounters
Farmer-to-farmer cross-vists
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Guided encounters (cont.)
Community weather stations
Long-term rainfall trends
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Learning through technology
Recycled plastics for holding tanks
Lollipop sticks as drip jets
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Learning through technology (cont.)
My family’s transformation…
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Concerted action
Mink’a: a collective work party in N. Ecuador
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Concerted action (cont.)
Strategic planning with local promoters from N. Potosí
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“Con agua y mierda no hay cultivo que se pierda….”
-- motto of the Granjeros Orgánicos
Katalysis: employing biology
•Water•Pasture improvement•Manure•Crops, food, and diversification…
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Creating an oasis in the desert
Vitalio’s farm in San Pedro, Potosí
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Creating an oasis in the desert:
Case of Alfonso and Olga Juma
Alfonso tells his story
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Going to scale
Plugging in to regional movements and networks
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Theory behind Katalysis:people-centered development
Technology-centered development
People-centered development
Source of change
Exogenous Endogenous
Knowledge Expert -- specialized and standardized
Lay -- general and diverse
View of local actors
Passive -- in need of assistance
Active -- capable of solving problems
Preoccupation
Adoption -- What people don’t do; how to get them to act differently.
Concerted action -- What people do and why; work together to solve a common problem.
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Strengths and weaknesses of local technical knowledge
Gritty
• varietal resistance to disease
• market variability
• animal-weather relationships
• lunar stages and water
• global climate change
Deep
• phenology of food crops
• lifecycle of bees
• reproduction of cattle
• draught tolerance of crops
• local weather patterns
Empty
• parasitoids and entomopathogens
• disease cycles
• N-fixation
• soil microbes
• ocean temperatures
Thin
• resistance to disease
• predator insects (wasps)
• soil arthropods
• soil erosion
• draught on non-food crops
(-) Perceived
importance (+)
(perceived
relevance)
(-) Ease of observation (+)(influenced by size, time, and scale)
(based on Bentley, 1989)
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A classification of rural technical
knowledge
Gritty
• many categories
• diverse taxonomies
• organisms named at family level
• folks stories
Deep
• many categories
• complex taxonomy
• organisms named at species level
• positivistic explanations
Empty
• no categories
• no taxonomies
• organisms without names
• no explanations
Thin
• few to many categories
• few taxonomies
• organisms with and without names
• few explanations
(-) Perceived
importance (+)
(perceived
relevance)
(-) Ease of observation (+)(influenced by size, time, and scale)
Scientists learn from
farmers
Farmers learn from
scientists