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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2023): Presents and future(s) of technological sovereignties
Editorial Team - Special issue
Ana Laura Cantera, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina.
Juan Pablo Soler Villamizar, Censat Agua Viva - Comunidades SETAA, Colombia.
Azucena Castro, Centro de Resiliencia de Estocolmo, Suecia y la Universidad de Stanford, Estados Unidos.
Luca Carrubba, Ars Games, España.
Juan David Reina-Rozo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia y Universidad Técnica de Berlín, Alemania
To think about the present and future of technological sovereignties is to investigate under what kind of social processes these alternative technologies emerge, allowing us to re-signify the concept of technology. Emergencies such as Yasnaya Aguilar's Thequiologies or Yuk Hui's Cosmotechnologies are critical to problematizing our relationship with technology. Thus, expanding meaning beyond the created artifact is crucial today; in the same way that certain technologies foster autonomy and its interdependence with sovereignty. Therefore, in the academic literature and activist universes, praxis-oriented thematic spaces such as Energy Sovereignty, Food Sovereignty, Communicative Sovereignty, and Urban Sovereignty have emerged. It is vital to understand and analyze today how these sovereignties are interwoven, their challenges, and potentialities for the peoples and societies of the Global South. However, the links between these "worlds" are limited and their futures are still unclear in the context of current socio-technical systems mediated by hegemonic cultures and economic systems.
Published: 2023-08-15
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The International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace is dedicated to the theory and practice of engineering that extends social justice and peace in the world. Our approach works toward engineering practices that enhance gender, racial, class, and cultural equity and are democratic, non-oppressive, and non-violent.