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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Simon TracePublisher: Practical Action Publishing Imprint: Practical Action Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.465kg ISBN: 9781853399053ISBN 10: 1853399051 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 15 July 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPrelims [Acronyms| Preface| Introduction Part 1 - Rethink Chapter 1 - Defining Technology and Technology Justice What is Technology? Technology Justice Chapter 2 - Technology Justice and Access to basic services Justice as Fairness The light bulb - will it ever catch on? (Access to energy services) The tap - a technology whose time has finally come? (access to water and sanitation services) Critical yet unavailable - access to Essential Medicines Chapter 3 Technology Justice and Access to knowledge Feeding the world - why the smallholder farmers need more support to access to technical knowledge The digital divide Conclusions - Technology Justice and Access Chapter 4 - Technology justice and use. Justice as compromise Industrialised agriculture and biodiversity loss Energy security and climate change The demise of antibiotics and antimicrobials - a return dark ages for medicine? Technology justice and use Chapter 5 Rethinking Technology Access and Use Part 2 - Retool Chapter 6 - The link between technological innovation and economic development Justice as a fair space for innovation Technological innovation in neo classical economic growth models The innovations systems approach Innovations systems and developing economies - insights and problems Chapter 7 - Technology Justice and Innovation Systems in Practice Justice and the management of risk in technology innovation Justice and the shaping of the purpose of technology innovation Chapter 8: Intellectual property rights: part of the solution or part of the problem? Why patent? Do patents encourage innovation? TRIPs, patents and the negative impacts on developing countries Patents and other asymmetries of power. Alternatives to the existing patent system Where next? Chapter 9: Recognizing the Role of the State in Effective Innovation Systems Venture capital and the valley of death - the case of the energy sector Recognising reality - governments engage in entrepreneurial activity. Changing the narrative - rebalancing expectations of the roles public and private sectors play Chapter 10 - Re-tooling: making technology innovation work for people and planet The need to re-tool Responsible Research and Innovation - an emerging approach to governance? Inclusive innovation - bringing in voices of the marginalised Learning from the open source movement Part 3 - Reboot Chapter 11 - Reimagining technology as if people and planet mattered The need to reboot our relationship with technology Rebooting access - priorities and opportunities for change Rebooting use - priorities and opportunities for change Rebooting innovation - priorities and opportunities for change Technology as if people and planet mattered Back Matter [Epilogue - Is Small Beautiful?| Appendix 1: Failures to adhere to the precautionary principle| Appendix 2 - List of diseases defined as 'neglected' in GFINDER 2011| Bibliography]ReviewsTechnology should never be considered as an ultimatum, that just because we can do something, we should. Even Winston Churchill who was fascinated by and obsessed with science and technology once famously said that it should be 'on tap, but not on top'. Simon Trace issues a comprehensive invitation to rethink what we ask of technology. Public debate is full of reports hypnotised by technological novelty and innovation for its own sake. But Trace reveals how low-tech solutions can often outperform high-tech ones -- delivering multiple benefits to the people who need them most. Rethink, Retool, Reboot says it is time to move on, and critically assess each technology - whether it is the product of a small farmers workshop or a giant corporation's laboratory - to find what will really help us all thrive within planetary boundaries. --Andrew Simms, co-director New Weather Institute, author Cancel the Apocalypse Author InformationSimon Trace is an international development consultant with over 30 years working in the field of international development, with a particular emphasis on technology in relation to energy, water, food and natural resource management. He was formerly the CEO of Practical Action. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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