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2020 |
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abstract |
The paper aims to build understanding of the recent growth of interest in engineering
for international development as an emerging focus of new knowledge, practice, and
community development. In the paper, we create a borderlands approach to studying
the activities referred to as engineering for development and development engineering.
These activities take place in “borderland” spaces where new approaches are being
tried out through creative engagement of networks and communities willing to integrate
social as well as technical knowledge and practice. We analyze four cases, selected
as exemplars of engineering for development, from a large data set of case studies
to demonstrate the socio-economic impact of research. We found evidence of important
and original engineering, which showed paradigmatic shifts in engineering knowledge
and practice. There was ambivalence inside the engineering community about engineering
quality, mixing pride in the building of new paradigms with modesty about whether
new knowledge and practices were “real” engineering. These findings provide evidence
that engineering aimed at global development offers an exciting new “borderlands”
approach to engineering that warrants further study. |
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1 |
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peerReviewed |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019001 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019003 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019697 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019704 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019705 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019706 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019707 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1019708 |
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http://data.open.ac.uk/oro/document/1021327 |
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12 |
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AcademicArticle |
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Article |
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label |
Robbins, Peter ; Wield, David and Wilson, Gordon (2020). Engineering for Development
as Borderland Activity. Engineering Studies, 12(1) pp. 58–78. |
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Title |
Engineering for Development as Borderland Activity |
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oro |