‘Bricolage’ as an everyday practice of contestation of smallholders engaging with drip irrigation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20087059 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcel Kuper (0000-0002-1240-0592), Maya Benouniche, Mohamed Naouri (0000-0002-7325-8083), Margreet Zwarteveen (0000-0001-7169-1337) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 256-265 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Drip Irrigation for Agriculture (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315537146-16 |
| OpenAlex | W2762833090 |
| ISBN | 9781315537146 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The expression 'bricolage' came up frequently in the discussions with farmers in the Saïss plain in Morocco, as they explained how they tinkered on drip irrigation systems until these systems fitted with their needs. Bricolage had a positive connotation for them, as it was understood as a creative process by which they adapted and thus appropriated an imported technology, and of which they were proud. Bricolage can, therefore, be understood as contested practice but also a form of everyday contestation as local actors effectively share responsibilities of the design process with engineers and shape drip irrigation systems in a different way that was envisioned by irrigation companies or the state. This 'bricolage' lens of innovation draws attention to the 'distributed innovation agency of the drip irrigation community' that explains, in part, the success drip irrigation has had with smallholders in North Africa
Art · Bricolage · Drip irrigation · Everyday life · Irrigation · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · African history and culture studies · Political and Social Issues · Water management and technologies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |