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	AgTech in Arabia: 'spectacular forgetting' and the technopolitics of greening the desert
	Koch, Natalie
通讯作者	Koch, N
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECOLOGY
ISSN	1073-0451
出版年	2019
卷号	26 页码:666-686
英文摘要	'AgTech' is the latest discourse about introducing new technologies to agricultural production. Researchers, corporations, and governments around the world are investing heavily in supporting its development. Abu Dhabi, the largest and wealthiest emirate in the UAE, has been among these supporters, recently announcing a massive scheme to support AgTech companies. Given the extreme temperatures and aridity of the Arabian Peninsula, several new start-ups have focused on 'controlled environment' facilities - hydroponics and aeroponics in various kinds of greenhouses. Despite the narrative of novelty touted by these companies, this is not the UAE's first foray with bringing ultra-modern or 'scientific' greenhouses to the Arabian Peninsula - a large University of Arizona project did so in Abu Dhabi from 1969-1974. Yet that project is largely forgotten today, including among today's new AgTech entrepreneurs. This article investigates why this is the case and, more generally, why the systematic failures of high-modernist, spectacular projects like those to green the desert are so routinely forgotten. In analyzing the story linking AgTech in Arabia 50 years ago and today, I show how 'spectacular forgetting' is related to the technopolitics of spectacle, but also rooted in geopolitical discourses and spatial imaginaries particular to each historical moment.
英文关键词	spectacle desert greening AgTech agriculture Arabian Peninsula United Arab Emirates
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000570033500001
WOS关键词	WATER ; AGRICULTURE ; SUSTAINABILITY ; SCARCITY ; POLITICS ; HISTORY ; ENERGY
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/334166
作者单位	[Koch, Natalie] Syracuse Univ, Dept Geog, Maxwell Sch, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Koch, Natalie. AgTech in Arabia: 'spectacular forgetting' and the technopolitics of greening the desert[J],2019,26:666-686.
APA	Koch, Natalie.(2019).AgTech in Arabia: 'spectacular forgetting' and the technopolitics of greening the desert.JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECOLOGY,26,666-686.
MLA	Koch, Natalie."AgTech in Arabia: 'spectacular forgetting' and the technopolitics of greening the desert".JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECOLOGY 26(2019):666-686.

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