Books+ Search Results
Anthropogenic rivers : the production of uncertainty in Lao hydropower
Title
Anthropogenic rivers : the production of uncertainty in Lao hydropower / Jerome Whitington.
ISBN
9781501730900
1501730908
9781501730917
1501730916
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University, 2018.
Copyright Notice Date
©2018
Physical Description
xvi, 266 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Whitington, Jerome, 1974- Anthropogenic rivers. Ithaca : Cornell University, 2018
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 15, 2019
Series
Expertise : cultures and technologies of knowledge
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subjects
Bookmark As
Citation
