Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W852806474> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 65 of
65
with 100 items per page.
- W852806474 abstract "This thesis investigates the changing forms and roles of science, technology, and expert knowledge in agricultural development in Zambia from 1945 to the present day. The main focus is on the changing ideologies, polices, and technologies that different development agencies have used to transform agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, and the persistent concerns about rural hunger and low agricultural productivity. My central argument is that contests over expert knowledge and technology have played a key role in the formulation and implementation of agricultural development policies in colonial Northern Rhodesia and then independent Zambia. Another argument is intertwined with this, namely that a historical approach is essential to understanding the origins, operation, and outcomes of development policies. The argument is developed in five chronologically sequenced case studies of particularly significant and innovative agricultural development projects, technologies, and research programmes. These studies in part stand alone, each filling a gap in the history of development in Zambia and sub-Saharan Africa more generally. By focusing upon common issues and questions through the studies, however, I explore broader themes in the history of development knowledge and practice, and the history of science and technology.I have framed my approach in two linked areas. The first concerns development experts, those who are responsible for creating new knowledge about peasant society and deploying new technologies and programmes to transform it. The thesis investigates how and why it is that certain people and institutions gain influence and acquire the status of ?development experts?, and how the category of ?development expert? is subject to historical change. My main argument in this area is that development experts were more divided than is commonly acknowledged in histories of development which rely upon a more abstract and unitary notion of expertise. The second area of focus concerns how these ?divided experts? attempt to manage the peasantry?s integration with capitalist social relations through the manipulation of the ?productive forces?: technologies, production techniques, environmental resources, and methods of organising labour. My argument here is that technology has been used as a disruptive force; development programs have revolved around the introduction of new technologies as a means of reworking socio-ecological relations." @default.
- W852806474 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W852806474 creator A5035274802 @default.
- W852806474 date "2012-03-26" @default.
- W852806474 modified "2023-09-23" @default.
- W852806474 title "Disruptive technologies, divided experts : scientific knowledge, development, and the problem of stabilising change, Zambia 1945-2010" @default.
- W852806474 hasPublicationYear "2012" @default.
- W852806474 type Work @default.
- W852806474 sameAs 852806474 @default.
- W852806474 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W852806474 crossrefType "dissertation" @default.
- W852806474 hasAuthorship W852806474A5035274802 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C118518473 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C126322002 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C158071213 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C162324750 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C166957645 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C205649164 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C2779220025 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C50522688 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C71924100 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C94625758 @default.
- W852806474 hasConcept C98184364 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C118518473 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C126322002 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C158071213 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C162324750 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C166957645 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C17744445 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C199539241 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C205649164 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C2779220025 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C50522688 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C71924100 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C94625758 @default.
- W852806474 hasConceptScore W852806474C98184364 @default.
- W852806474 hasLocation W8528064741 @default.
- W852806474 hasOpenAccess W852806474 @default.
- W852806474 hasPrimaryLocation W8528064741 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W1547549884 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W1598044524 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W1598800232 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W1871275726 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W1971034508 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2000831064 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2021430799 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2042159447 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2073482341 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2081660119 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2121446242 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2138602610 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2178323097 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W269487659 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2906384700 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2912281700 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2921193661 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W616052904 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W93919226 @default.
- W852806474 hasRelatedWork W2306177546 @default.
- W852806474 isParatext "false" @default.
- W852806474 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W852806474 magId "852806474" @default.
- W852806474 workType "dissertation" @default.