IsisCB Explore

Article ID: CBB733809505

Contested Visions: Technology Transfer, Water Resources, and Social Capital in Chilascó, Guatemala (2006)

Holder, Curtis D. (Author)

Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Pages: 269-283

URI: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/207747

DOI: 10.1353/ctt.2007.0006

Publication Date: 2006
Edition Details: Special issue: Symposium on Water Issues
Language: English

Outside Links

WorldCat

Google Scholar

JSTOR

Academia.edu

Technology transfer is a common mechanism for development agencies and nongovernmental organizations to meet their goals of increasing economic productivity, enhancing social capital, and minimizing the impact on the environment in rural areas of Third World countries. The objective of this article was to discuss the hydrological and social impacts of technology transfer in the community of Chilascó, Guatemala. Several technologies were adopted since the 1980s in the region surrounding Chilascó, including technologies related to hydroelectricity, rural electrification, irrigation, and broccoli production. These technology transfers had a direct and indirect impact on the hydrology of the region as streams were diverted, forests were removed, and agricultural fields expanded. Hydroelectricity and irrigation projects have increased demand for water resources at the expense of a community-based ecotourism project in Chilascó. Stream discharge has changed as cloud forests are replaced with broccoli fields. Additionally, these technology transfers had social impacts in the community of Chilascó. Broccoli production is more labor and capital intensive than traditional subsistence agriculture. Social networks have changed as time and labor constraints limit participation in community-level projects. Holistic approaches are necessary to understand the connections between technology transfer, water resources, and social capital before and after the initiation of rural development projects.

...More

Includes Series Articles

Article Hamann, Hillary B.; Drossman, Howard (2006) Integrating Watershed Management with Learning: The Role of Information Transfer in Linking Educators and Students with Community Watershed Partners. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 305-337). unapi

Article Klingner, Donald E. (2006) Editors' Introduction: Symposium on Water. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society. unapi

Article Biggs, David (2006) Reclamation Nations: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Role in Water Management and Nation Building in the Mekong Valley, 1945-1975. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 225-246). unapi

Article Hoag, Heather J. (2006) Transplanting the TVA? International Contributions to Postwar River Development in Tanzania. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 247-267). unapi

Included in

Article Pierce, John C.; Stephan, Mark; Lovrich, Nicholas P.; Khalmirzaeva, Madina; Salokhiddinov, Abdulkhakim; Weber, Edward P. (2006) Common Pool Resources and the Transfer of Governance Technology: Water User Associations in Uzbekistan. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 287-301). unapi

Article Huber, Thomas Patrick (2006) In This Issue: Symposium on Water Issues. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society. unapi

Associated with

Article Johnston, Barbara Rose (2006) Notes from the Field: Contested Visions on water projects in Guatemala. Comparative Technology Transfer and Society (pp. 284-286). unapi

Citation URI

https://data.isiscb.org/isis/citation/CBB733809505/

Citations Indexes

Similar Citations

Article Johnston, Barbara Rose; (2006)
Notes from the Field: Contested Visions on water projects in Guatemala (/isis/citation/CBB237811164/)

Article Gómez, Claudia Lorena Trejos; Garcia-Zamor, Jean-Claude; Rojas, Juan Mauricio Castaño; (2008)
Domestic Wastewater Management in a Rural Community in Colombia (/isis/citation/CBB435615698/)

Article Abdullaev, Iskandar; Kazbekov, Jusipbek; (2006)
Notes from the Field: Water governance in Uzbekistan (/isis/citation/CBB131511344/)

Article Huber, Thomas Patrick; (2006)
In This Issue: Symposium on Water Issues (/isis/citation/CBB489868083/)

Article Klingensmith, Daniel; (2006)
Notes from the Field: Dams in Tanzania (/isis/citation/CBB430864881/)

Article Hoag, Heather J.; (2006)
Transplanting the TVA? International Contributions to Postwar River Development in Tanzania (/isis/citation/CBB009209724/)

Book Ted Henken; Sara Garcia Santamaria; (2021)
Cuba's digital revolution: Citizen innovation and state policy (/isis/citation/CBB418916082/)

Article Hamann, Hillary B.; Drossman, Howard; (2006)
Integrating Watershed Management with Learning: The Role of Information Transfer in Linking Educators and Students with Community Watershed Partners (/isis/citation/CBB385898307/)

Article Pierce, John C.; Stephan, Mark; Lovrich, Nicholas P.; Khalmirzaeva, Madina; Salokhiddinov, Abdulkhakim; Weber, Edward P.; (2006)
Common Pool Resources and the Transfer of Governance Technology: Water User Associations in Uzbekistan (/isis/citation/CBB209853709/)

Article Blaszczyk; (2018)
Visibly invisible: color in modern America (/isis/citation/CBB044510854/)

Article Jason Finch; (2022)
Unruly Tramscapes: Literary Mobilities and 1930s London Tramway Closure Events (/isis/citation/CBB222042130/)

Article Biddle, Jeff E.; (2011)
Making Consumers Comfortable: The Early Decades of Air Conditioning in the United States (/isis/citation/CBB001200226/)

Article Tasha Rijke-Epstein; (2021)
On humble technologies: Containers, care, and water infrastructure in northwest Madagascar, 1750s-1960s (/isis/citation/CBB370391532/)

Article Jensen, Casper Bruun; (December 2019)
Sparks and Fizzles: Divergent Performances and Patterns of Cambodian Development Projects (/isis/citation/CBB062596165/)

Article Maria Elvira Callapez; Sara Marques da Cruz; Marta Martins Neto; (2018)
Plastics Hand in Hand with Consumers – A Route in Portugal (/isis/citation/CBB346281424/)

Book Corn, Joseph J.; (2011)
User Unfriendly: Consumer Struggles with Personal Technologies, from Clocks and Sewing Machines to Cars and Computers (/isis/citation/CBB001210090/)

Article Johnston, Erik W.; Johnston, Van R.; (2004)
Notes from the Field: Norway and the automobile (/isis/citation/CBB794162382/)

Book Kittler, Friedrich; Enns, Anthony; (2010)
Optical media: Berlin lectures 1999 (/isis/citation/CBB001180070/)

Article Lundin, Per; (2004)
American numbers copied! Shaping the Swedish postwar car society (/isis/citation/CBB001181597/)

Book Hoag, Heather J.; (2013)
Developing the Rivers of East and West Africa: An Environmental History (/isis/citation/CBB001422321/)

Comments

{{ comment.created_by.username }} on {{ comment.created_on | date:'medium' }}