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Beyond imported magic : essays on science, technology, and society in Latin America /

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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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Other Authors: Medina, Eden, 1976- (Editor), Marques, Ivan da Costa (Editor), Holmes, Christina, 1973- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Series:Inside technology
Subjects:
Technology transfer > Latin America.
Science > Latin America.
Technology > Social aspects > Latin America.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 296 pages).
ISBN:9780262325509
0262325500
9780262325516
0262325519
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262027458.001.0001