Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaThe Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua
According to the socio-technical perspective, the meaning of a technological artefact does not lie within the artefact itself. Analyzing transgenic corn from a socio-technical perspective means taking one’s research beyond the artefact itself. To do this, it is necessary to overcome and avoid determ...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2016
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| description | According to the socio-technical perspective, the meaning of a technological artefact does not lie within the artefact itself. Analyzing transgenic corn from a socio-technical perspective means taking one’s research beyond the artefact itself. To do this, it is necessary to overcome and avoid determinist positions, be they social or technological. This work takes as it point of departure the Social Construction of Technology Focus (SCOT). In this sense, transgenic corn is an unfinished object that is affected by an onslaught of struggles, opinions, agreements, disagreements, designs and redefinitions of the relevant social actors. These groups, the Democratic Campesino Front, El Barzón, National Agro-dynamic and Regional Agricultural Union of Yellow Corn Producers (UNIPRO), demonstrate how technological development is a social process. The deconstruction of transgenic corn according to the perspectives of these different social actors is key to the process of constructivist analysis: to take the artefacts just as each social actor views them. The objective of this study then is to describe how the different social groups, through their actions, construct and deconstruct the meaning of transgenic corn in Chihuahua, Mexico. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-17402024-04-24T16:09:56Z The Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua Construcción social del maíz transgénico: grupos sociales relevantes en Chihuahua Construção social sobre o milho transgênico: grupos sociais relevantes em Chihuahua Fernández Nava, Marco Antonio Milho transgênico construção social grupos sociais relevantes controvérsia poder semiótico. Transgenic corn social construction relevant social actors controversy semiotic power. Maíz transgénico construcción social grupos sociales relevantes controversia poder semiótico. According to the socio-technical perspective, the meaning of a technological artefact does not lie within the artefact itself. Analyzing transgenic corn from a socio-technical perspective means taking one’s research beyond the artefact itself. To do this, it is necessary to overcome and avoid determinist positions, be they social or technological. This work takes as it point of departure the Social Construction of Technology Focus (SCOT). In this sense, transgenic corn is an unfinished object that is affected by an onslaught of struggles, opinions, agreements, disagreements, designs and redefinitions of the relevant social actors. These groups, the Democratic Campesino Front, El Barzón, National Agro-dynamic and Regional Agricultural Union of Yellow Corn Producers (UNIPRO), demonstrate how technological development is a social process. The deconstruction of transgenic corn according to the perspectives of these different social actors is key to the process of constructivist analysis: to take the artefacts just as each social actor views them. The objective of this study then is to describe how the different social groups, through their actions, construct and deconstruct the meaning of transgenic corn in Chihuahua, Mexico. Para el enfoque socio-técnico, el significado de un artefacto tecnológico no puede encontrarse en el artefacto mismo. Abordar el maíz transgénico desde el análisis socio-técnico equivale a conducir su investigación más allá del artefacto. Para ello, es necesario superar y evitar posiciones deterministas, sean sociales o tecnológicas. Este trabajo parte del enfoque de la Construcción Social de la Tecnología (SCOT, por sus siglas en inglés). Por lo tanto, el maíz transgénico es un objeto no acabado que sufre el embate y es resultado de las luchas, opiniones, discusiones, consensos, disensos y redefiniciones de los Grupos Sociales Relevantes (). Estos grupos, el Frente Democrático Campesino, El Barzón, Agrodinámica Nacional y la Unión Agrícola Regional de Productores de Maíz Amarillo (UNIPRO), demuestran que el desarrollo tecnológico es un proceso social. Deconstruir el maíz transgénico de acuerdo con las diferentes perspectivas de los distintos GSR es una operación clave del análisis constructivista: tomar a los artefactos tal como son vistos por los GSR. El objetivo, entonces, es describir cómo los GSR, con su accionar, construyen y deconstruyen el significado del maíz transgénico en Chihuahua, México. Para a abordagem social e técnica, o significado de um artefato tecnológico não pode estar contido em si mesmo. Abordar o milho transgênico desde a análise social e técnica equivale a dirigir suas pesquisas para além do artefato. Para fazer isso, é preciso superar e evitar posições deterministas, sejam sociais ou tecnológicas. Este trabalho tem como ponto de partida o enfoque da Construção Social da Tecnologia (SCOT, por sua sigla em inglês). Portanto, o milho transgênico é um objeto não acabado que sofre o embate, e é o resultado, das lutas, opiniões, debates, consensos, dissensos e redefinições de Grupos Sociais Relevantes (GSR). Estes grupos: Frente Democrático Campesino, El Barzón, Agrodinámica Nacional e a Unión Agrícola Regional de Productores de Maíz Amarillo (UNIPRO), mostram que o desenvolvimento tecnológico é um processo social. Desconstruir o milho transgénico de acordo com as diferentes perspectivas dos GSR é uma operação fundamental da análise construtivista: tomar os artefatos tal como são percebidos pelos GSR. O objetivo então é descrever como os GSR, com suas ações, constroem e desconstroem o significado de milho transgênico em Chihuahua, México Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2016-01-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf text/html application/xml application/zip https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1740 10.17141/iconos.54.2016.1740 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; Núm. 54 (2016): Estudios críticos de la agricultura y la alimentación: Perspectivas sobre el actor, la práctica y el territorio; 27-48 Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales; n. 54 (2016): Agricultura crítica e estudos alimentares: perspectivas sobre o ator, a prática e o território na América Latina; 27-48 Íconos. Revista de Ciencias Sociales; No. 54 (2016): Critical studies in food and agriculture: Perspectives on the actor, practice, and territory in Latin America; 27-48 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1740/1390 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1740/2911 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1740/2912 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1740/2913 Derechos de autor 2016 Marco Antonio Fernández Nava https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Fernández Nava, Marco Antonio The Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua |
| title | The Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua |
| title_full | The Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua |
| title_fullStr | The Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua |
| title_short | The Social Construction of Transgenic Corn: Relevant Social Actors in Chihuahua |
| title_sort | social construction of transgenic corn: relevant social actors in chihuahua |
| url | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1740 |