1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795744903321

Autore

Bronson Kelly

Titolo

The immaculate conception of data : agribusiness, activists, and their shared politics of the future / / Kelly Bronson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

0-2280-1254-6

0-2280-1253-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 206 pages)

Disciplina

016.016

Soggetti

Agriculture - Data processing

Agriculture - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Facebook, Google, and … Monsanto? -- Revolutions, Disruptions, and the Future of Farming -- Appropriate, Open, and Alternative -- The Immaculate Conception of Data -- The Politics of Digital Farm Technologies.

Sommario/riassunto

Large-scale agribusinesses are among the largest and oldest oligopoly corporations in the world, now constituting a form of big tech alongside companies like Google and Facebook. The Immaculate Conception of Data explores the secretive legal agreements surrounding agricultural big data to trace how it is used and with what consequences.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910689666603321

Titolo

Workforce Investment Act : the Administrations [sic] approach to reauthorization : hearing before the Subcommittee on Employment, Safety, and Training of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session on to examine the Administrations [sic] approach to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), focusing on strengthening the delivery of employment and training services nationwide, March 6, 2003

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iiii, 39 p.) : ill

Soggetti

Occupational training - Law and legislation - United States

Employees - Training of - Law and legislation - United States

Welfare recipients - Employment - United States

Manpower policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia