Open Source Agriculture

Grassroots Technology in the Digital Era
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-3-030-29340-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies

This Palgrave Pivot employs the concept of open source agriculture as a new social movement, which not only advocates a specific agenda but also creates technological products under a unique technology development model. The book brings together social movement and technology theory to examine it through two in-depth case studies of open source agricultural communities. This allows for the tracing of values and interests coded within the technological artefacts the communities produce, as well as their development processes. Critical theory of technology is further applied to examine the broader political economy of the development model.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Giotitsas, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor Agrarökonomie, Ernährungswirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Umweltökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. How I Researched This.- 3. Social Movements as Technology Developers.- 4. Open Source Agriculture: A Social Movement?.- 5. Technology Matters.- 6. Open Source Agriculture: An Alternative Technological Trajectory?.- 7. Beyond Open Source Agriculture.

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Giotitsas is Researcher at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and a core member of the research collective P2P Lab. His work explores alternative trajectories of technological development through peer to peer practices and the commons.