ISBN:
9781501730900
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9781501730917
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9781501730900
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 266 Seiten
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Illustrationen, 1 Diagramm
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24 cm
Series Statement:
Expertise : cultures and technologies of knowledge
Parallel Title:
Online version Whitington, Jerome, 1974- Anthropogenic rivers
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.09594
Keywords:
Ethnology / Laos
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Human ecology / Laos
;
Sustainable development / Social aspects / Laos
;
Hydroelectric power plants / Environmental aspects / Laos
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Hydroelectric power plants / Social aspects / Laos
;
Dams / Environmental aspects / Laos
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Dams / Social aspects / Laos
;
Dams / Environmental aspects
;
Dams / Social aspects
;
Ethnology
;
Human ecology
;
Hydroelectric power plants / Environmental aspects
;
Hydroelectric power plants / Social aspects
;
Sustainable development / Social aspects
;
Laos
Abstract:
"This ethnography of the forms of reason, power, and knowledge of Lao hydropower development investigates how industry actors formulate an ontology of nature primarily through recourse to American management philosophy"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : the production of uncertainty -- Interlude : on the postcolony (engineering) -- Hydropower's circle of influence -- Interlude : what is a dam? -- Vulnerable at every joint -- Interlude : intimacy (vetting) -- Performance-based management -- Interlude : the method of uncertainty -- The ethics of document engineering -- Interlude : interview notes (lightly edited) -- Anthropogenic rivers -- Conclusion : figuring the anthropogenic
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