Open Source Agriculture Grassroots Technology in the Digital Era /

• Main Author: Giotitsas, Chris (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Advances in Bioeconomy: Economics and Policies,
• Subjects: Welfare economics.; Development economics.; Agricultural economics.; Environmental economics.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Development Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Environmental Economics.

This Palgrave Pivot employs the concept of open source agriculture as a new social movement, which not only advocates a specific agenda but also creates technological products under a unique technology development model. The book brings together social movement and technology theory to examine it th...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. How I Researched This
• 3. Social Movements as Technology Developers
• 4. Open Source Agriculture: A Social Movement?
• 5. Technology Matters
• 6. Open Source Agriculture: An Alternative Technological Trajectory?
• 7. Beyond Open Source Agriculture.