Sand makes up coastal bioinfrastructures in Guyana, as Sarah Vaughn shows in a recent essay, https://roadsides.net/vaughn-010/. Groynes used to prevent erosion "reinforce the shoreline’s existing sandy terrain." These groynes themselves contain sand. The essay is part of a special issue entitled "Bioinfrastructures" co-edited by Raúl Acosta and S.AND team member Lukas Ley. Check out the full open access issue here: https://roadsides.net/collection-no-010/
Through the term "bioinfrastructures," Ley and @raulaco reckon with the surge in projects to (re)create lively urban landscapes: While this shows that "infrastructure is never just a single entity or one discrete thing but rather an evolving set of multispecies and material relations," they also interrogate the ambivalent politics of bioinfrastructures.
What is the significance of bioinfrastructures "for larger political projects, emancipatory movements and Indigenous sovereignty?"
Afrique: le Maroc propose 4 projets majeurs pour l’agriculture
Parmi les projets, un #Consortium Africain pour l’Innovation en Agriculture est proposé pour coordonner l’amélioration de l’utilisation des #engrais et la santé des sols, facilitant ainsi le partage de #technologies et le développement de politiques incitatives
Rivalité États-Unis - Chine : la géopolitique au cœur de la guerre #économique
A priori, la #guerre économique que mènent les États-Unis contre la Chine relève principalement du domaine des #technologies. Mais en réalité, c’est surtout une question de géopolitique car celui qui veut dominer le monde doit maîtriser les #infrastructures de #communication. C’est le cœur de la bataille qui oppose #Pékin à #Washington. Pour en parler, Ali Laïdi s'est entretenu avec Benjamin #Bürbaumer, économiste, maître de conférences à Sciences Po Bordeaux et auteur du livre "Chine - États-Unis, le capitalisme contre la mondialisation" (Ed. La Découverte).
Christine Borgman and Amy Brand are right: "The current state of #OpenData in scholarly publishing is in transition from ‘nice to have’ to ‘need to have.’" And this fact has consequences: "To make research processes more trustworthy, transparent, and verifiable, stakeholders need to make greater investments in data stewardship and knowledge #infrastructures." https://hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/imfn7i7f/release/2?readingCollection=a6db7dff
stewardship and knowledge infrastructures.
So this is finally happening. It seems like “The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures Since 1832” will appear in #OpenAccess, too. There's still some way to go until this makes its appearance in November. Next: proofreading.