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Papers by Arturo Escobar
Futures, 1995
Computer, information and biological technologies are bringing about a fundamental transformation... more Computer, information and biological technologies are bringing about a fundamental transformation in the structure and meaning of modern society and culture. Not only is this transformation clearly susceptible to anthropological inquiry but it constitutes perhaps a privileged arena for advancing anthropology's project of understanding human societies from the vantage points of biology, language, history and culture. This article reviews the types of cultural analyses that are being conducted today in the social nature, impact, and use of new technologies and suggests additional contexts and steps toward the articulation of an ‘anthropology of cyberculture’.
Development, 2004
... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemb... more ... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemble ... some sociologists call the hyper-technification of rationality and a hyper-marketization of social ... This modernist attempt at combating the symptoms but not the cause of the social ...
Development, 2002
... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS ... more ... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS Cairo; glocalities; meshworks; networks; Shirkat Gah ... One of the most influential processes over the last years that has focused on women's bodies in the social public domain has been the ...
Futures, 1996
This paper argues for the development of a poststructuralist political ecology. While political e... more This paper argues for the development of a poststructuralist political ecology. While political ecology studies the relationships between society and nature in contexts of power—particularly from the perspective of political economy—this study, it is proposed, must include a consideration of the discourses and practices through which nature is historically produced and known. The paper examines the complex cultural and discursive articulations between natural and social systems established by capital and technoscience, particularly through discourses of sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. The paper concludes with the implications of the analysis for imagining alternative productive rationalities in conjunction with social movements.
International Social Science Journal, 2003
International Social Science Journal, 2010
Futures, 1996
While political ecology studies the relationships between society and nature in contexts of power... more While political ecology studies the relationships between society and nature in contexts of power-particularly from the perspective of political economy-this study, it is proposed, must include a consideration of the discourses and practices through which nature is historically produced and known. The paper examines the complex cultural and discursive articulations between natural and social systems established by capital and technoscience, particularly through discourses of sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. The paper concludes with the implications of the analysis for imagining alternative productive rationalities in conjunction with social movements. (Q 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
Development, 2011
... critical traditions of the modern natural, human and social sciences, pluriversal studies wil... more ... critical traditions of the modern natural, human and social sciences, pluriversal studies will travel its own ... This notion of sustainability would be one capable of inspiring the popular and scientific imaginations alike to take steps that are at once pragmatic and transformative in the ...
Development, 2004
... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemb... more ... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemble ... some sociologists call the hyper-technification of rationality and a hyper-marketization of social ... This modernist attempt at combating the symptoms but not the cause of the social ...
Development, 2002
... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS ... more ... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS Cairo; glocalities; meshworks; networks; Shirkat Gah ... One of the most influential processes over the last years that has focused on women's bodies in the social public domain has been the ...
Development, 2000
... For the post-development advo-cates, this naturalized morality domesticates our ethical sensi... more ... For the post-development advo-cates, this naturalized morality domesticates our ethical sensibilities, our thinking, and our actions in ways that ... begin with the everyday lives and struggles of concrete groups of people, particularly women; or, finally, in Sylvester's (1999) warning ...
Futures, 1995
Computer, information and biological technologies are bringing about a fundamental transformation... more Computer, information and biological technologies are bringing about a fundamental transformation in the structure and meaning of modern society and culture. Not only is this transformation clearly susceptible to anthropological inquiry but it constitutes perhaps a privileged arena for advancing anthropology's project of understanding human societies from the vantage points of biology, language, history and culture. This article reviews the types of cultural analyses that are being conducted today in the social nature, impact, and use of new technologies and suggests additional contexts and steps toward the articulation of an ‘anthropology of cyberculture’.
Development, 2004
... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemb... more ... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemble ... some sociologists call the hyper-technification of rationality and a hyper-marketization of social ... This modernist attempt at combating the symptoms but not the cause of the social ...
Development, 2002
... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS ... more ... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS Cairo; glocalities; meshworks; networks; Shirkat Gah ... One of the most influential processes over the last years that has focused on women's bodies in the social public domain has been the ...
Futures, 1996
This paper argues for the development of a poststructuralist political ecology. While political e... more This paper argues for the development of a poststructuralist political ecology. While political ecology studies the relationships between society and nature in contexts of power—particularly from the perspective of political economy—this study, it is proposed, must include a consideration of the discourses and practices through which nature is historically produced and known. The paper examines the complex cultural and discursive articulations between natural and social systems established by capital and technoscience, particularly through discourses of sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. The paper concludes with the implications of the analysis for imagining alternative productive rationalities in conjunction with social movements.
International Social Science Journal, 2003
International Social Science Journal, 2010
Futures, 1996
While political ecology studies the relationships between society and nature in contexts of power... more While political ecology studies the relationships between society and nature in contexts of power-particularly from the perspective of political economy-this study, it is proposed, must include a consideration of the discourses and practices through which nature is historically produced and known. The paper examines the complex cultural and discursive articulations between natural and social systems established by capital and technoscience, particularly through discourses of sustainable development and biodiversity conservation. The paper concludes with the implications of the analysis for imagining alternative productive rationalities in conjunction with social movements. (Q 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd
Development, 2011
... critical traditions of the modern natural, human and social sciences, pluriversal studies wil... more ... critical traditions of the modern natural, human and social sciences, pluriversal studies will travel its own ... This notion of sustainability would be one capable of inspiring the popular and scientific imaginations alike to take steps that are at once pragmatic and transformative in the ...
Development, 2004
... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemb... more ... What was called modernization was precisely the process to bring about modernity the ensemble ... some sociologists call the hyper-technification of rationality and a hyper-marketization of social ... This modernist attempt at combating the symptoms but not the cause of the social ...
Development, 2002
... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS ... more ... and Subaltern Strategies of Localization', Political Geography 20: 13974. ... KEYWORDS Cairo; glocalities; meshworks; networks; Shirkat Gah ... One of the most influential processes over the last years that has focused on women's bodies in the social public domain has been the ...
Development, 2000
... For the post-development advo-cates, this naturalized morality domesticates our ethical sensi... more ... For the post-development advo-cates, this naturalized morality domesticates our ethical sensibilities, our thinking, and our actions in ways that ... begin with the everyday lives and struggles of concrete groups of people, particularly women; or, finally, in Sylvester's (1999) warning ...