Woke Science and the 4th Industrial Revolution: Inside the Making of UNFSS Knowledge

Maywa Montenegro de Wit () and Alastair Iles
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Maywa Montenegro de Wit: University of California, Santa Cruz
Alastair Iles: University of California, Berkeley

Development, 2021, vol. 64, issue 3, 199-211

Abstract: Abstract Understanding how science, technology, and innovation is produced by the UN Food Systems Summit process offers a lens into how dominant actors in global food policy continually rework their power and legitimacy. Focusing on discourses and material networks, the article shows that the Scientific Group makes appeals to inclusivity—of people of colour, women, youth, smallholders, and more—while extending old Green Revolution ideas through new 4th Industrial Revolution innovations and governance ambitions.

Keywords: Science; Innovation; Knowledge; Food Systems Summit; Scientific Group; WEF; United Nations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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