Beyond imported magic : essays on science, technology, and society in Latin America / / edited by Eden Medina, Ivan da Costa Marques, and Christina Holmes ; with a foreword by Marcos Cueto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.98/06 |
Collana | Inside Technology Series |
Soggetto topico |
Technology transfer - Latin America
Science - Latin America Technology - Social aspects - Latin America |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-262-02745-3
0-262-32550-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction: Beyond Imported Magic; Part I: Latin American Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Society; 2 Who Invented Brazil?; 3 Innovation and Inclusive Development in the South: A Critical Perspective; 4 Working with Care: Narratives of Invisible Women Scientists Practicing Forensic Genetics in Colombia; 5 Ontological Politics and Latin American Local Knowledges; 6 Technology in an Expanded Field: A Review of History of Technology Scholarship on Latin America in Selected English-Language Journals; Part II: Local and Global Networks of Innovation
7 South Atlantic Crossings: Fingerprints, Science, and the State in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Argentina8 Tropical Assemblage: The Soviet Large Panel in Cuba; 9 Balancing Design: OLPC Engineers and ICT Translations at the Periphery; 10 Translating Magic: The Charisma of One Laptop per Child's XO Laptop in Paraguay; 11 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: How an Emerging Area on the Scientific Agenda of the Core Countries Has Been Adopted and Transformed in Latin America; 12 Latin America as Laboratory: The Camera and the Yale Peruvian Expeditions Part III: Science, Technology, and Latin American Politics13 Bottling Atomic Energy: Technology, Politics, and the State in Peronist Argentina; 14 Peaceful Atoms in Mexico; 15 Neoliberalism as Political Technology: Expertise, Energy, and Democracy in Chile; 16 Creole Interferences: A Conflict over Biodiversity and Ownership in the South of Brazil; 17 The Juridical Hospital: Patient-Citizen-Consumers Claiming the Right to Health in Brazilian Courts; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465420403321 |
Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond imported magic : essays on science, technology, and society in Latin America / / edited by Eden Medina, Ivan da Costa Marques, and Christina Holmes ; with a foreword by Marcos Cueto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.98/06 |
Collana | Inside technology |
Soggetto topico |
Technology transfer - Latin America
Science - Latin America Technology - Social aspects - Latin America |
Soggetto non controllato | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
ISBN |
0-262-32551-9
0-262-02745-3 0-262-32550-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction: Beyond Imported Magic; Part I: Latin American Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Society; 2 Who Invented Brazil?; 3 Innovation and Inclusive Development in the South: A Critical Perspective; 4 Working with Care: Narratives of Invisible Women Scientists Practicing Forensic Genetics in Colombia; 5 Ontological Politics and Latin American Local Knowledges; 6 Technology in an Expanded Field: A Review of History of Technology Scholarship on Latin America in Selected English-Language Journals; Part II: Local and Global Networks of Innovation
7 South Atlantic Crossings: Fingerprints, Science, and the State in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Argentina8 Tropical Assemblage: The Soviet Large Panel in Cuba; 9 Balancing Design: OLPC Engineers and ICT Translations at the Periphery; 10 Translating Magic: The Charisma of One Laptop per Child's XO Laptop in Paraguay; 11 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: How an Emerging Area on the Scientific Agenda of the Core Countries Has Been Adopted and Transformed in Latin America; 12 Latin America as Laboratory: The Camera and the Yale Peruvian Expeditions Part III: Science, Technology, and Latin American Politics13 Bottling Atomic Energy: Technology, Politics, and the State in Peronist Argentina; 14 Peaceful Atoms in Mexico; 15 Neoliberalism as Political Technology: Expertise, Energy, and Democracy in Chile; 16 Creole Interferences: A Conflict over Biodiversity and Ownership in the South of Brazil; 17 The Juridical Hospital: Patient-Citizen-Consumers Claiming the Right to Health in Brazilian Courts; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786744903321 |
Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond imported magic : essays on science, technology, and society in Latin America / / edited by Eden Medina, Ivan da Costa Marques, and Christina Holmes ; with a foreword by Marcos Cueto |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.98/06 |
Collana | Inside technology |
Soggetto topico |
Technology transfer - Latin America
Science - Latin America Technology - Social aspects - Latin America |
Soggetto non controllato | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
ISBN |
0-262-32551-9
0-262-02745-3 0-262-32550-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction: Beyond Imported Magic; Part I: Latin American Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Society; 2 Who Invented Brazil?; 3 Innovation and Inclusive Development in the South: A Critical Perspective; 4 Working with Care: Narratives of Invisible Women Scientists Practicing Forensic Genetics in Colombia; 5 Ontological Politics and Latin American Local Knowledges; 6 Technology in an Expanded Field: A Review of History of Technology Scholarship on Latin America in Selected English-Language Journals; Part II: Local and Global Networks of Innovation
7 South Atlantic Crossings: Fingerprints, Science, and the State in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Argentina8 Tropical Assemblage: The Soviet Large Panel in Cuba; 9 Balancing Design: OLPC Engineers and ICT Translations at the Periphery; 10 Translating Magic: The Charisma of One Laptop per Child's XO Laptop in Paraguay; 11 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: How an Emerging Area on the Scientific Agenda of the Core Countries Has Been Adopted and Transformed in Latin America; 12 Latin America as Laboratory: The Camera and the Yale Peruvian Expeditions Part III: Science, Technology, and Latin American Politics13 Bottling Atomic Energy: Technology, Politics, and the State in Peronist Argentina; 14 Peaceful Atoms in Mexico; 15 Neoliberalism as Political Technology: Expertise, Energy, and Democracy in Chile; 16 Creole Interferences: A Conflict over Biodiversity and Ownership in the South of Brazil; 17 The Juridical Hospital: Patient-Citizen-Consumers Claiming the Right to Health in Brazilian Courts; Contributors; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827207803321 |
Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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