cdb5cc7a_When_Knowledge_Worlds_Collide__as__screeds__manifestos__etc__
[NAME] Mark [Reading] General
How can a computer-model that explores "how a bottom-up irrigation management can function in the absence of hierarchical control" be considered a threat for abuse by those in control? Isn't the simulation demonstrating otherwise? I have heard this critique before - that essentially any Western technology used in development (with its intrinsic Western embedded memes) smacks of neocolonialism and can be co-opted by those in power. Although Lansing's simulation is not part of a "development" project, I see some similarities. My recent readings in ICT4D indicate a shift over the last decade toward bottom-up Multi-Stakeholder Participation development practices.
When Knowledge Worlds Collide
AGENDA ITEM (questions, comments, ideas, screeds, manifestos, etc.)