Article ; Online: Seeds, Dams, and Khipus: Latin America's Eclectic Recent History of Technology.
2024 Volume 65, Issue 2, Page(s) 447–472
Abstract: Scholarship on Latin America's history of technology has expanded significantly in recent years. By reviewing articles in English- and Spanish-language journals from 2012 to the first half of 2023, we illustrate the emerging themes, geographies, and ... ...
| Abstract | Scholarship on Latin America's history of technology has expanded significantly in recent years. By reviewing articles in English- and Spanish-language journals from 2012 to the first half of 2023, we illustrate the emerging themes, geographies, and methodologies in this literature. The four main themes we identify are industrialization, institutions and policies, infrastructure, and moving beyond technological adaptation. We also highlight two emerging themes: Indigenous technologies and the circulation of knowledge. We conclude that the scholarship has generally moved in three directions: the study of technologies associated with traditional economic activities in the region (e.g., monocrop agriculture), national industrialization and modernization processes, and cases that demonstrate alternative ways of knowing the world and how communities use these types of knowledge. We suggest that deepening the connections between these three lines of research could be fruitful for future work. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Latin America ; History, 21st Century ; Technology/history ; History, 20th Century ; Agriculture/history ; Industrial Development/history ; Humans |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2024-05-20 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Historical Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2021131-4 |
| ISSN | 1097-3729 ; 0040-165X |
| ISSN (online) | 1097-3729 |
| ISSN | 0040-165X |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2024.a926311 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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