GEOG 2200 Lecture 2: Week 8 Lecture 2 GEOG 2200 2013 Notes.docx
5 Jun 2014
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Different cultures, different peoples, have assembled differing bodies of knowledge through time. It applies to all sectors of the economy. Knowledge can be defined as a framework or structure in which information is stored, processed and understood. Nigel thrift , a geographer, writes of a society"s stocks of knowledge, or what is accepted as known and true. He divides a society"s stocks of knowledge into four types of knowledge: Unconscious knowledge, or knowledge that is based upon forgotten practices but still acknowledged and accepted; Practical knowledge, informal in its nature and learnt from experience and practice; Empirical knowledge, formal in nature and organized systematically within a society; and. Natural knowledge, which seeks to unify knowledge into a single, coherent structure. We use knowledge in many ways, one important use being in the creation of artifacts things that we use. Concerning the question of what should be considered an innovation:
