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DOI	10.1080/02533952.2020.1850626
	Science, astronomy, and sacrifice zones: development trade-offs, and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project in South Africa
	Chinigo, Davide; Walker, Cherryl
通讯作者	Chinigo, D
来源期刊	SOCIAL DYNAMICS-A JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES
ISSN	0253-3952
EISSN	1940-7874
出版年	2020
卷号	46 期号:3 页码:391-413
英文摘要	We explore the notion of sacrifice zones to reflect critically on the trade-offs between Science & Technology (S&T) policy and inclusive development in South Africa. We draw evidence from one of the country's flagship projects, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope, currently under construction in the semi-arid Northern Cape. The SKA embodies a key tension in the country's S&T policy, that between the promotion of astronomy, based on national and global priorities (the development of science), and the advancement of local development concerns (science for development), in which the dominant assumption is that local interests are either subsumed or superseded by national and global public goods. Given the extent to which the priorities of local residents have been overlooked in the name of the greater good, we argue that a fruitful way of recasting this relationship is to regard the region around the telescope as astronomy's terrestrial sacrifice zone; this opens up an important space for engaging with issues of mitigation. We conclude by raising questions about who should take responsibility for mitigating the trade-offs in policy and practice, if a more sustainable and inclusive development agenda in the areas affected by the SKA is a real concern.
英文关键词	Science policy sacrifice zones SKA Karoo astronomy in South Africa
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000596623200001
WOS类目	Area Studies
WOS研究方向	Area Studies
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/328583
作者单位	[Chinigo, Davide; Walker, Cherryl] Stellenbosch Univ, Dept Sociol & Social Anthropol, Stellenbosch, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chinigo, Davide,Walker, Cherryl. Science, astronomy, and sacrifice zones: development trade-offs, and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project in South Africa[J],2020,46(3):391-413.
APA	Chinigo, Davide,&Walker, Cherryl.(2020).Science, astronomy, and sacrifice zones: development trade-offs, and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project in South Africa.SOCIAL DYNAMICS-A JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES,46(3),391-413.
MLA	Chinigo, Davide,et al."Science, astronomy, and sacrifice zones: development trade-offs, and the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project in South Africa".SOCIAL DYNAMICS-A JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES 46.3(2020):391-413.