Beyond imported magic essays on science, technology, and society in Latin America
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The MIT Press
2014
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| Series: | Inside technology
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 296 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780262325509 0262325519 0262325500 9780262325516 |