Reference Models for Transmitting Knowledge
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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.
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2005 ◽
Vol 39
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pp. 354-380
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Rural-urban migration in Vietnam and China: gendered householding, production of space and the state
2014 ◽
Vol 41
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pp. 855-876
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2020 ◽
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