Beyond Imported Magic
Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America
Nonfiction, History, Americas, Latin America, Science & Nature, Technology, Engineering
| Author: | Henrique Cukierman, Mariano Fressoli, Rafael Dias, Hernán Thomas, Tania Pérez Bustos, María Fernanda Olarte Sierra, Adriana Díaz del Castillo H., Michael Lemon, Julia Rodriguez, Hugo Palmarola, Pedro Alonso, Anita Say Chan, Dominique Vinck, Noela Invernizzi, Mattieu Hubert, Amy Cox Hall, Jonathan Hagood, Edna Suárez, Gisela Mateos, Ana Delgado, Israel Rodriguez-Giralt, Manuel Tironi, Javiera Barandiarán, João Biehl, Eden Medina, Ivan da Costa Marques, Christina Holmes, Morgan G. Ames | ISBN: | 9780262325516 |
| Publisher: | The MIT Press | Publication: | August 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The MIT Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Henrique Cukierman, Mariano Fressoli, Rafael Dias, Hernán Thomas, Tania Pérez Bustos, María Fernanda Olarte Sierra, Adriana Díaz del Castillo H., Michael Lemon, Julia Rodriguez, Hugo Palmarola, Pedro Alonso, Anita Say Chan, Dominique Vinck, Noela Invernizzi, Mattieu Hubert, Amy Cox Hall, Jonathan Hagood, Edna Suárez, Gisela Mateos, Ana Delgado, Israel Rodriguez-Giralt, Manuel Tironi, Javiera Barandiarán, João Biehl, Eden Medina, Ivan da Costa Marques, Christina Holmes, Morgan G. Ames |
| ISBN: | 9780262325516 |
| Publisher: | The MIT Press |
| Publication: | August 15, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The MIT Press |
| Language: | English |
Studies challenging the idea that technology and science flow only from global North to South.
The essays in this volume study the creation, adaptation, and use of science and technology in Latin America. They challenge the view that scientific ideas and technology travel unchanged from the global North to the global South—the view of technology as “imported magic.” They describe not only alternate pathways for innovation, invention, and discovery but also how ideas and technologies circulate in Latin American contexts and transnationally. The contributors' explorations of these issues, and their examination of specific Latin American experiences with science and technology, offer a broader, more nuanced understanding of how science, technology, politics, and power interact in the past and present.
The essays in this book use methods from history and the social sciences to investigate forms of local creation and use of technologies; the circulation of ideas, people, and artifacts in local and global networks; and hybrid technologies and forms of knowledge production. They address such topics as the work of female forensic geneticists in Colombia; the pioneering Argentinean use of fingerprinting technology in the late nineteenth century; the design, use, and meaning of the XO Laptops created and distributed by the One Laptop per Child Program; and the development of nuclear energy in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile.
Contributors
Pedro Ignacio Alonso, Morgan G. Ames, Javiera Barandiarán, João Biehl, Anita Say Chan, Amy Cox Hall, Henrique Cukierman, Ana Delgado, Rafael Dias, Adriana Díaz del Castillo H., Mariano Fressoli, Jonathan Hagood, Christina Holmes, Matthieu Hubert, Noela Invernizzi, Michael Lemon, Ivan da Costa Marques, Gisela Mateos, Eden Medina, María Fernanda Olarte Sierra, Hugo Palmarola, Tania Pérez-Bustos, Julia Rodriguez, Israel Rodríguez-Giralt, Edna Suárez Díaz, Hernán Thomas, Manuel Tironi, Dominique Vinck
Studies challenging the idea that technology and science flow only from global North to South.
The essays in this volume study the creation, adaptation, and use of science and technology in Latin America. They challenge the view that scientific ideas and technology travel unchanged from the global North to the global South—the view of technology as “imported magic.” They describe not only alternate pathways for innovation, invention, and discovery but also how ideas and technologies circulate in Latin American contexts and transnationally. The contributors' explorations of these issues, and their examination of specific Latin American experiences with science and technology, offer a broader, more nuanced understanding of how science, technology, politics, and power interact in the past and present.
The essays in this book use methods from history and the social sciences to investigate forms of local creation and use of technologies; the circulation of ideas, people, and artifacts in local and global networks; and hybrid technologies and forms of knowledge production. They address such topics as the work of female forensic geneticists in Colombia; the pioneering Argentinean use of fingerprinting technology in the late nineteenth century; the design, use, and meaning of the XO Laptops created and distributed by the One Laptop per Child Program; and the development of nuclear energy in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile.
Contributors
Pedro Ignacio Alonso, Morgan G. Ames, Javiera Barandiarán, João Biehl, Anita Say Chan, Amy Cox Hall, Henrique Cukierman, Ana Delgado, Rafael Dias, Adriana Díaz del Castillo H., Mariano Fressoli, Jonathan Hagood, Christina Holmes, Matthieu Hubert, Noela Invernizzi, Michael Lemon, Ivan da Costa Marques, Gisela Mateos, Eden Medina, María Fernanda Olarte Sierra, Hugo Palmarola, Tania Pérez-Bustos, Julia Rodriguez, Israel Rodríguez-Giralt, Edna Suárez Díaz, Hernán Thomas, Manuel Tironi, Dominique Vinck
