How Long to Read Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants

How Long Does it Take to Read Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 51 minutes to read Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants by Matt Hodges

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants explores the mysterious phenomenon of ‘apomixis’, the ability of certain plants to ‘self-clone’, and its potential as a revolutionary tool for agriculture and enhancing food security, that may soon be a reality. Through historical anthropological and ethnographic study, Matt Hodges traces the development of the CIMMYT Apomixis Project, a prominent frontier research initiative, and its reinvention as a leading public-private partnership. He analyzes the fast-moving historical transition from public sector, mixed plant breeding approaches grounded in genetics, to a contemporary era of agricultural biotechnology and genomics where PPPs are a leading format, and explores how social contexts of research shape how knowledge is produced, as well as what remains ‘unknown’, and constrain the development of an ‘Apomixis Technology’. The chapters present an inventive approach informed by the anthropology of time, science and technology studies, and dialogue with the work of Gilles Deleuze, Paul Rabinow, Hannah Arendt, Andrew Pickering, and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro. Hodges outlines novel ways of integrating notions of history and becoming, and considers how apomixis offers up an alternative image of thought to theoretical concepts such as the well-known ‘rhizome’. The book makes a valuable contribution to both the growing social scientific literature on genomics and biotechnology, and recent anthropological debates on time and history.

How long is Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants?

Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants by Matt Hodges is 167 pages long, and a total of 42,919 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 54 minutes to read Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants aloud.

What Reading Level is Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants?

Biotechnology and the Politics of Plants is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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