Feminist political ecologies of agrarian technologies: knowing the digital differently

As digital technologies become increasingly ubiquitous on farms, we need to reconsider relationships between technology and agriculture. Critical agrarian studies offers some analyses of digital technologies, but rarely engages feminist perspectives, risking the repetition of problematic assumptions...

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Published in:The Journal of peasant studies 2024-09, Vol.51 (6), p.1303-1330
Main Authors: Nelson, Ingrid L., Faxon, Hilary Oliva, Ehlers, Melf-Hinrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agrarian structures
Agrarian technologies
Agricultural technology
Agriculture
critical agrarian studies
digital technologies
Emotions
Feminism
feminist political ecology
Intersectionality
Political ecology
Political power
Remote sensing
Repetition
Satellites
Social life & customs
Subjectivity
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Summary:As digital technologies become increasingly ubiquitous on farms, we need to reconsider relationships between technology and agriculture. Critical agrarian studies offers some analyses of digital technologies, but rarely engages feminist perspectives, risking the repetition of problematic assumptions about scale, subjectivity and power. We draw from the strengths of feminist political ecology to think through three digital technologies - remote sensing satellites, agricultural advice apps, and automatic milking systems - that are transforming agrarian policy, practice, and social life. In doing so, we expand critical agrarian studies' approach to the digital by attending to situated knowledges, gendered labor, and emotional, intersectional, multi-species relations.
ISSN:0306-6150
1743-9361
DOI:10.1080/03066150.2024.2308637