Power and Socio-Technical Exclusion
Environmental and Epistemic Injustice in Bioethanol Production in Argentina
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Responsible Research and Innovation, agrobiotechnology, environmentally affected peopleAbstract
The Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) approach proposes a paradigm shift in the way science and innovation are conducted, providing epistemic and normative guidance for both the proactive design of techno-scientific innovation and the critical examination of obstacles to the realization of its principles. Starting from the approach to a problem of environmental pollution generated by bioethanol production as a new link in agrobiotechnological innovation in Argentina, this article analyzes devices of non-inclusivity and non-response by local scientific and technological practices and institutions to citizens’ demands for knowledge generation and validation of their knowledge. The article thus underpins the principles of RRI with the notion of epistemic injustice.
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