Overview
- Positions open source agriculture as a new social movement and technology theory
- Examines open source agriculture through two case studies
- Applies critical theory of technology to the wider discussion of the development model
Part of the book series: Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies (PABEP)
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Chris Giotitsas is Researcher at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and a core member of the research collective P2P Lab. His work explores alternative trajectories of technological development through peer to peer practices and the commons.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Open Source Agriculture
Book Subtitle: Grassroots Technology in the Digital Era
Authors: Chris Giotitsas
Series Title: Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29341-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29340-6Published: 26 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29341-3Published: 14 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2524-5848
Series E-ISSN: 2524-5856
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 144
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics