Beschreibung
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.
Autorenporträt
Chris Giotitsas is Researcher at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and a Core Member of the P2P Lab. He completely his Ph.D. at the School of Management, University of Leicester, UK, investigating free and open-source technologies in agricultural communities. His work combines theories about technology and social movements in order to explore alternative trajectories of technological development.
Herstellerkennzeichnung:
Springer Verlag GmbH
Tiergartenstr. 17
69121 Heidelberg
DE
E-Mail: juergen.hartmann@springer.com
