TY - BOOK AU - Whitington,Jerome TI - Anthropogenic rivers: the production of uncertainty in Lao hydropower T2 - Expertise : cultures and technologies of knowledge SN - 9781501730924 AV - GN635 .A584 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University KW - Ethnology KW - Laos KW - Human ecology KW - Sustainable development KW - Social aspects KW - Hydroelectric power plants KW - Environmental aspects KW - Dams KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction : the production of uncertainty --; Interlude : on the postcolony (engineering) --; Hydropower's circle of influence --; Interlude : what is a dam? --; Vulnerable at every joint --; Interlude : intimacy (vetting) --; Performance-based management --; Interlude : the method of uncertainty --; The ethics of document engineering --; Interlude : interview notes (lightly edited) --; Anthropogenic rivers --; Conclusion : figuring the anthropogenic; 2; b N2 - "This ethnography of the forms of reason, power, and knowledge of Lao hydropower development investigates how industry actors formulate an ontology of nature primarily through recourse to American management philosophy"-- UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1728023&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -