Far-Fetched Facts: A Parable of Development Aid (Inside Technology)
"Far-Fetched Facts is a fascinating and thoughtful ethnographic analysis of developmental relations between the rich countries in the north and the poor countries in the south. Richard Rottenburg organizes his parabola of development aid around the central conflict of interests: the necessity for the donor countries to control the money flows, and the political goal of self-determination on the part of the recipients. The book combines ethnographic observation and critical reflection in an ideal fashion."-- Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Director, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, and the author of Toward a History of Epistemic Things"The work is lucidly written and fluidly translated. Its modest objectives are both refreshing and realized. Sociologists of knowledge, anthropologists of science and technology, students of development, and historians of technology will all learn from this challenging and stimulating volume." Steve Breyman Isis