A Genealogy of Ethnography Helps understanding its Everlasting Relevance

In the current era of Anthropocene, both developing and developed countries have embarked in a mission to develop territorial innovation systems for increasing sustainability of livelihoods and to encourage socio-ecological resilience. The last two decades of the 20th century saw the increase of applied research and development with focus in achieving sustainability targets. Most countries in the developing world made use of the millennium development goals (MDG) framework to advance political agendas of poverty reduction and socio-economic equality.