Liberation and technology: development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dar es Salaam
Mkuki na Nyota
[2018]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis Klappentext |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-174) |
| Physical Description: | xxv, 174 pages illustrations 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9789987083299 |
Staff View
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV047338782 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 20211125 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 210622s2018 tz a||| |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 010 | |a 017319638 | ||
| 020 | |a 9789987083299 |9 978-9987-08-329-9 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)1284792514 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV047338782 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rda | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 044 | |a tz |c TZ | ||
| 049 | |a DE-703 | ||
| 050 | 0 | |a T49.5 | |
| 084 | |a ZG 9200 |0 (DE-625)156049: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Sheikheldin, Gussai |e Verfasser |0 (DE-588)1191201538 |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Liberation and technology |b development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy |c Gussai Sheikheldin |
| 264 | 1 | |a Dar es Salaam |b Mkuki na Nyota |c [2018] | |
| 300 | |a xxv, 174 pages |b illustrations |c 23 cm | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-174) | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Technology |z Developing countries | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Appropriate technology |z Developing countries | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Science and state |z Developing countries | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Technology and state |z Devel]oping countries | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Klappentext |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-032741228 | ||
Record in the Search Index
| _version_ | 1804182553760890881 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | Contents Acknowledgements.............................................................................. vii Abbreviations........................................................................................ ix Introduction.......................................................................................... xi • Thesis......................................................................................xv • Liberation technology.........................................................xviii • Book outline........................................................................ xxii • Guiding notes for the readers..............................................xxiv Chapter One Technology, Institutions and Change.....................................................1 • Defining technology................................................................. 2 • Technology and institutions.....................................................6 • Dicchotomy of technologies: traditional vs.modern...............9 • Development priorities.......................................................... 12 • Technological change models................................................. 14 • Conclusion: understanding technological change..................21 Chapter Two Towards Technological Autonomy...................................................... 23 • Technological dependency and autonomy............................ 24 • Proposed technological autonomy framework....................... 25 • Increase in technological capabilities......................................28 • Technology
localization.......................................................... 30 • Some elaborations................................................................... 33
Chapter Three Agents of Technological Change..........................................................37 • The state and technological change........................................38 • Agents in the market..............................................................49 • General orientations............................................................... 54 Chapter Four Influences on Technological Affairs: Politics, Cultures and Ecologies..............................................................................61 • From simplicity to megatechnics: a philosophical view....... 61 • Where context matters............................................................64 • Technology, culture and social systems..................................67 • Technology and ecological systems....................................... 73 Chapter Five Technology and Justice........................................................................ 83 • On progress, modernization and westernization................... 85 • Global relations of contemporary technology.......................96 • Alienation and dispossession...............................................106 • ICTs and Justice................................................................... Ill • Technology, the factory, and cooperatives.......................... 115 • Technology and poverty...................................................... 120 Chapter Six Selected Stories..................................................................................123 • How appropriate is appropriate technology?.......................123 •
Dams and development........................................................ 130 • Ujamaa: brilliant vision, dissonant practice.........................143 Last Remarks..................................................................................... 155 References........................................................................................... 159
“The most fundamental difference between ‘developing’ and ‘developed’ societies is technology, in a broad yet specific sense”; so states the author of this important study, Liberation and Technology: Development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy. The ways in which technology is developed, institutionalized, animated and celebrated, form the core of ‘development’ (human, economic, environmental, etc.) and ultimately civilization itself. But ‘techno-spheres’ are not only technical. They are also social, political, and ideological. For societies and countries that have long been kept from realizing their own prosperity and dignity, development is also liberation. The main treatise of this book is that each developing society ought to seek to achieve technological autonomy in its quest for positive transformations and prosperity for its people. Technological autonomy is about attaining a high level of self-determination in planning and managing technological affairs. Attaining endogenous capacity to guide and execute decisions on production and innovation; creating and transferring key technological products and services; steering relevant foreign and local investment as well as trade; setting own priorities of development free from external manipulation; are goals that must be central to such planning efforts. With evidence and argument, and in plain language, this book suggests a novel way of thinking about development, through envisioning and building better techno-social systems. For these reasons this book is a welcome addition to the body of ideas informing
practitioners and theorists in the field of development—political leaders, economists, sociologists, engineers, technologists, scientists, scholars, planners and activists who are involved in relevant development processes and liberation struggles. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gussai H. Sheikheldin has broad knowledge and experience in sustainable development, technological change and industrial policies. He holds a PhD from the University of Guelph (Canada), a Master of Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP), and a BSc. in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. Born in 1982, Sudan, Gussai seeks to understand and illuminate the dynamic interactions between technologies and institutions, at local and global scales, and how they influence social transformation and human worldviews. He is a research fellow with STIPRO (Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization), a think tank based in Tanzania. 9789987083299 Mkuki na Nyota WWW. MKUKI NANYOTA.COM
|
| adam_txt |
Contents Acknowledgements. vii Abbreviations. ix Introduction. xi • Thesis.xv • Liberation technology.xviii • Book outline. xxii • Guiding notes for the readers.xxiv Chapter One Technology, Institutions and Change.1 • Defining technology. 2 • Technology and institutions.6 • Dicchotomy of technologies: traditional vs.modern.9 • Development priorities. 12 • Technological change models. 14 • Conclusion: understanding technological change.21 Chapter Two Towards Technological Autonomy. 23 • Technological dependency and autonomy. 24 • Proposed technological autonomy framework. 25 • Increase in technological capabilities.28 • Technology
localization. 30 • Some elaborations. 33
Chapter Three Agents of Technological Change.37 • The state and technological change.38 • Agents in the market.49 • General orientations. 54 Chapter Four Influences on Technological Affairs: Politics, Cultures and Ecologies.61 • From simplicity to megatechnics: a philosophical view. 61 • Where context matters.64 • Technology, culture and social systems.67 • Technology and ecological systems. 73 Chapter Five Technology and Justice. 83 • On progress, modernization and westernization. 85 • Global relations of contemporary technology.96 • Alienation and dispossession.106 • ICTs and Justice. Ill • Technology, the factory, and cooperatives. 115 • Technology and poverty. 120 Chapter Six Selected Stories.123 • How appropriate is appropriate technology?.123 •
Dams and development. 130 • Ujamaa: brilliant vision, dissonant practice.143 Last Remarks. 155 References. 159
“The most fundamental difference between ‘developing’ and ‘developed’ societies is technology, in a broad yet specific sense”; so states the author of this important study, Liberation and Technology: Development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy. The ways in which technology is developed, institutionalized, animated and celebrated, form the core of ‘development’ (human, economic, environmental, etc.) and ultimately civilization itself. But ‘techno-spheres’ are not only technical. They are also social, political, and ideological. For societies and countries that have long been kept from realizing their own prosperity and dignity, development is also liberation. The main treatise of this book is that each developing society ought to seek to achieve technological autonomy in its quest for positive transformations and prosperity for its people. Technological autonomy is about attaining a high level of self-determination in planning and managing technological affairs. Attaining endogenous capacity to guide and execute decisions on production and innovation; creating and transferring key technological products and services; steering relevant foreign and local investment as well as trade; setting own priorities of development free from external manipulation; are goals that must be central to such planning efforts. With evidence and argument, and in plain language, this book suggests a novel way of thinking about development, through envisioning and building better techno-social systems. For these reasons this book is a welcome addition to the body of ideas informing
practitioners and theorists in the field of development—political leaders, economists, sociologists, engineers, technologists, scientists, scholars, planners and activists who are involved in relevant development processes and liberation struggles. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gussai H. Sheikheldin has broad knowledge and experience in sustainable development, technological change and industrial policies. He holds a PhD from the University of Guelph (Canada), a Master of Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP), and a BSc. in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. Born in 1982, Sudan, Gussai seeks to understand and illuminate the dynamic interactions between technologies and institutions, at local and global scales, and how they influence social transformation and human worldviews. He is a research fellow with STIPRO (Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Organization), a think tank based in Tanzania. 9789987083299 Mkuki na Nyota WWW. MKUKI NANYOTA.COM |
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| any_adam_object_boolean | 1 |
| author | Sheikheldin, Gussai |
| author_GND | (DE-588)1191201538 |
| author_facet | Sheikheldin, Gussai |
| author_role | aut |
| author_sort | Sheikheldin, Gussai |
| author_variant | g s gs |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV047338782 |
| callnumber-first | T - Technology |
| callnumber-label | T49 |
| callnumber-raw | T49.5 |
| callnumber-search | T49.5 |
| callnumber-sort | T 249.5 |
| callnumber-subject | T - General Technology |
| classification_rvk | ZG 9200 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)1284792514 (DE-599)BVBBV047338782 |
| discipline | Technik |
| discipline_str_mv | Technik |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>01780nam a2200385 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV047338782</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20211125 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">210622s2018 tz a||| |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="010" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">017319638</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9789987083299</subfield><subfield code="9">978-9987-08-329-9</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1284792514</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV047338782</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">tz</subfield><subfield code="c">TZ</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-703</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">T49.5</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ZG 9200</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)156049:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Sheikheldin, Gussai</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)1191201538</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Liberation and technology</subfield><subfield code="b">development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy</subfield><subfield code="c">Gussai Sheikheldin</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Dar es Salaam</subfield><subfield code="b">Mkuki na Nyota</subfield><subfield code="c">[2018]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xxv, 174 pages</subfield><subfield code="b">illustrations</subfield><subfield code="c">23 cm</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-174)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Technology</subfield><subfield code="z">Developing countries</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Appropriate technology</subfield><subfield code="z">Developing countries</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Science and state</subfield><subfield code="z">Developing countries</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Technology and state</subfield><subfield code="z">Devel]oping countries</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Klappentext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-032741228</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV047338782 |
| illustrated | Illustrated |
| index_date | 2024-07-03T17:33:41Z |
| indexdate | 2024-07-10T09:09:23Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9789987083299 |
| language | English |
| lccn | 017319638 |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-032741228 |
| oclc_num | 1284792514 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-703 |
| owner_facet | DE-703 |
| physical | xxv, 174 pages illustrations 23 cm |
| publishDate | 2018 |
| publishDateSearch | 2018 |
| publishDateSort | 2018 |
| publisher | Mkuki na Nyota |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Sheikheldin, Gussai Verfasser (DE-588)1191201538 aut Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy Gussai Sheikheldin Dar es Salaam Mkuki na Nyota [2018] xxv, 174 pages illustrations 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-174) Technology Developing countries Appropriate technology Developing countries Science and state Developing countries Technology and state Devel]oping countries Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung UB Bayreuth - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Klappentext |
| spellingShingle | Sheikheldin, Gussai Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy Technology Developing countries Appropriate technology Developing countries Science and state Developing countries Technology and state Devel]oping countries |
| title | Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy |
| title_auth | Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy |
| title_exact_search | Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy |
| title_exact_search_txtP | Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy |
| title_full | Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy Gussai Sheikheldin |
| title_fullStr | Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy Gussai Sheikheldin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy Gussai Sheikheldin |
| title_short | Liberation and technology |
| title_sort | liberation and technology development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy |
| title_sub | development possibilities in pursuing technological autonomy |
| topic | Technology Developing countries Appropriate technology Developing countries Science and state Developing countries Technology and state Devel]oping countries |
| topic_facet | Technology Developing countries Appropriate technology Developing countries Science and state Developing countries Technology and state Devel]oping countries |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=032741228&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sheikheldingussai liberationandtechnologydevelopmentpossibilitiesinpursuingtechnologicalautonomy |