Making time for soil: Technoscientific futurity and the pace of care

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 691-716

  Puig de la Bellacasa, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care; ecology; foodwebs; innovation; productionism; soil; soil science; time

Indexed keywords

SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; EMPATHY; ETHICS; FEMINISM; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; EMPATHY; FEMINISM; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945122337     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312715599851     Document Type: Article

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