Sillar, B; (2010) La Saisonnalité des Techniques (Benguigui, M, Trans.). Techniques & Culture (52-53) 90 - 119.

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This paper discusses seasonal changes in technical activities as an example of how technologies are socially embedded. It argues that while some technological choices are partly a response to seasonal shifts in environmental conditions, seasonality also provides a rhythm to social life that has economic, political and ideological motivations and consequences. The seasonal availability of resources and the presence or absence of specific environmental conditions has repercussions that affect a wide range of technical activities, and this paper considers the relationship between agricultural production and craft activities in the Andean Highlands. Seasonal changes in the organisation of labour within Andean agricultural are also influential in the organisation of craft production, and communities with distinct craft specialisations play a major role in the maintenance of social relations and cultural understandings.

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