The intersections between infrastructures and expectations: repair and breakdown in Yachay, the city of knowledge in Ecuador

This paper explores the temporalities of infrastructuring, breakdown, and repair/disrepair interacting generatively – materially and symbolically – in “Yachay, the city of knowledge,” the most ambitious and controversial public infrastructural project in Ecuador’s history. I analyze the roles of exp...

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Main Author: José David Gómez-Urrego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Tapuya
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25729861.2019.1649963