Nanotechnology, Governance, and Knowledge Networks in the Global South

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The seemingly unlimited technological potential of nanotechnology brings with it new practices of governance, networking, and exercising power and agency. Focusing on scholars in the Global South, this text covers nanotechnology discourses, imaginaries, and materialities as they circulate and interact within governance knowledge networks. Rather than adapt their actions to existing governance mechanisms and science, technology, and innovation policy, scientists use the imaginary of nanotechnology to create new symbolic and material incentives, thus shaping its governance. By tracing the constantly shifting asymmetries of knowledge and power, the book offers fresh insights into the dynamics of knowledge networks. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction “The Power of Small” (Marcela Suárez Estrada)....Pages 1-10 Assembling Power, Agencies, and Governance in Nanotechnology Networks (Marcela Suárez Estrada)....Pages 11-29 Envisioning a Better Future for Mexico Through Nanodiscourses (Marcela Suárez Estrada)....Pages 31-45 Linking Governance, Agencies, and Knowledge Networks at CIMAV (Marcela Suárez Estrada)....Pages 47-65 CIMAV and the Weaving of Global Knowledge Networks (Marcela Suárez Estrada)....Pages 67-87 Conclusions: From the Power of Small to Global Governance (Marcela Suárez Estrada)....Pages 89-95 Back Matter ....Pages 97-101