Ron Eglash
Appropriating Technology: Vernacular Science and Social Power
- ISBN 13:
- 9780816634279
- author:
- Ron Eglash
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2004
- Pages:
- 424
- Dimensions:
- 178 mm X 254 mm
- Genre:
- Engineering & Technology Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Groups outside the centres of scientific power are often seen as passive recipients of technological products and knowledge. However, this study reveals that they persistently reinvent consumer products in ways that embody critique, resistance, or outright revolt.
The authors examine how vernacular engineering, environmental analysis, and indigenous herbal cures are reinterpreted by these groups, challenging the notion that technology is imposed from above.
This book explores the ways in which outsiders subvert dominant discourses on science and technology, highlighting the complex relationships between power, knowledge, and everyday practices.
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