Introduction: The Production of Uncertainty

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction: The Production of Uncertainty 1
6. Interlude. On the Postcolony (Engineering) 32
7. 1. Hydropower’s Circle of Influence 34
8. Interlude. What Is a Dam? 66
9. 2. Vulnerable at Every Joint 74
10. Interlude. Intimacy (Vetting) 108
11. 3. Performance-Based Management 115
12. Interlude. The Method of Uncertainty 146
13. 4. The Ethics of Document Engineering 153
14. Interlude. Interview Notes (Lightly Edited) 179
15. 5. Anthropogenic Rivers 183
16. Conclusion: Figuring the Anthropogenic 220
17. Notes 229
18. Bibliography 241
19. Index 259