Sociotechnical Myths in Development

IntroductionIn the past few years, independently of each other, we encountered ferocious promoters of ‘technologies for development’, such as drip irrigation, conservation agriculture, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), or the better known Jatropha or Bt Cotton seeds. The missionary zeal wit...

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Hauptverfasser: Venot, Jean-Philippe, Veldwisch, Gert Jan
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Anthropologie & développement 2018
Online Zugang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Zusammenfassung:IntroductionIn the past few years, independently of each other, we encountered ferocious promoters of ‘technologies for development’, such as drip irrigation, conservation agriculture, the System of Rice Intensification (SRI), or the better known Jatropha or Bt Cotton seeds. The missionary zeal with which these were promoted and defended (and sometimes attacked) struck us. Upon closer scrutiny these were not only technologies for development but rather ‘packages of sociotechnical practices’ ...