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