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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Medina, Eden, 1976- editor.

Marques, Ivan da Costa, editor.

Holmes, Christina, 1973- editor.

Series:

Inside technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology transfer--Latin America.

Technology transfer.

Technology--Social aspects.

Science.

Latin America.

Science--Latin America.

Technology--Social aspects--Latin America.

Technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Beyond imported Magic / Eden Medina Medina, Eden, Ivan da Costa Marques Marques, Ivan da Costa, Christina Holmes Holmes, Christina 1

Part I Latin American Perspectives on Science, Technology, and Society

2 Who Invented Brazil? / Henrique Cukierman Cukierman, Henrique 27

3 Innovation and Inclusive Development in the South: A Critical Perspective / Mariano Fressoli Fressoli, Mariano, Rafael Dias Dias, Rafael, Hernán Thomas Thomas, Hernán 47

4 Working with Care: Narratives of Invisible Women Scientists Practicing Forensic Genetics in Colombia / Tania Pérez-Bustos Pérez-Bustos, Tania, María Fernanda Olarte Sierra Sierra, María Fernanda Olarte, Adriana Díaz del Castillo H. H., Adriana Díaz del Castillo 67

5 Ontological Politics and Latin American Local Knowledges / Ivan da Costa Marques Marques, Ivan da Costa 85

6 Technology in an Expanded Field: A Review of History of Technology Scholarship on Latin America in Selected English-Language Journals / Michael Lemon Lemon, Michael, Eden Medina Medina, Eden 111

Part II Local and Global Networks of Innovation

7 South Atlantic Crossings: Fingerprints, Science, and the State in Turn-of-the-Twentieth-Century Argentina / Julia Rodriguez Rodriguez, Julia 139

8 Tropical Assemblage: The Soviet Large Panel in Cuba / Hugo Palmarola Palmarola, Hugo, Pedro Ignacio Alonso Alonso, Pedro Ignacio 159

9 Balancing Design: OLPC Engineers and 1CT Translations at the Periphery / Anita Say Chan Chan, Anita Say 181

10 Translating Magic: The Charisma of One Laptop per Child's XO Laptop in Paraguay / Morgan C. Ames Ames, Morgan C. 207

11 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: How an Emerging Area on the Scientific Agenda of the Core Countries Has Been Adopted and Transformed in Latin America / Noela Invernizzi Invernizzi, Noela, Matthieu Hubert Hubert, Matthieu, Dominique Vinck Vinck, Dominique 225

12 Latin America as Laboratory: The Camera and the Yale Peruvian Expeditions / Amy Cox Hall Hall, Amy Cox 245

Part III Science, Technology, and Latin American Politics

13 Bottling Atomic Energy: Technology, Politics, and the State in Peronist Argentina / Jonathan Hagood Hagood, Jonathan 267

14 Peaceful Atoms in Mexico / Gisela Mateos Mateos, Gisela, Edna Suárez-Díaz Suárez-Díaz, Edna 287

15 Neoliberalism as Political Technology: Expertise, Energy, and Democracy in Chile / Manuel Tironi Tironi, Manuel, Javiera Barandiarán Barandiarán, Javiera 305

16 Creole Interferences: A Conflict over Biodiversity and Ownership in the South of Brazil / Ana Delgado Delgado, Ana, Israel Rodríguez-Giralt Rodríguez-Giralt, Israel 331

17 The Juridical Hospital: Patient-Citizen-Consumers Claiming the Right to Health in Brazilian Courts / João Biehl Biehl, João 349.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262325509

0262325500

9780262325516

0262325519

OCLC:

890408655

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