Anthropogenic Rivers - The Production of Uncertainty in Lao Hydropower

Table des matières

Preface

Acknowledgments

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)

3. Performance-Based Management

Interlude. The Method of Uncertainty

4. The Ethics of Document Engineering

Interlude. Interview Notes (Lightly Edited)

5. Anthropogenic Rivers

Conclusion: Figuring the Anthropogenic

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A propos de l'auteur

Jerome Whitington is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at New York University.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jerome Whitington
• Edition: Cornell University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 15.01.2019
• EAN: 9781501730917
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-3091-7
• Pages: 277
• Thème: Expertise: Cultures and Technologies of Knowledge
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Théories sociologiques