{"product_id":"village-gone-viral-marit-tolo-steb-9781503614512","title":"Village Gone Viral: Understanding the Spread of Policy Models in a Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2001, Ethiopian Television aired a documentary about a small, rural village called Awra Amba, where women ploughed, men worked in the kitchen, and so-called harmful traditional practices did not exist. The documentary radically challenged prevailing images of Ethiopia as a gender-conservative and aid-dependent place, and Awra Amba became a symbol of gender equality and sustainable development in Ethiopia and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillage Gone Viral\u003c\/i\u003e uses the example of Awra Amba to consider the widespread circulation and use of modeling practices in an increasingly transnational and digital policy world. With a particular focus on traveling models--policy models that become \"viral\" through various vectors, ranging from NGOs and multilateral organizations to the Internet--Marit Tolo  steb  critically examines the hidden dimensions of models and model making. While a policy model may be presented as a \"best practice,\" one that can be scaled up and successfully applied to other places, the local impacts of the model paradigm are far more ambivalent--potentially increasing social inequalities, reinforcing social stratification, and concealing injustice. With this book,  steb  ultimately calls for a reflexive critical anthropology of the production, circulation, and use of models as instruments for social change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marit Tolo Østebø\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503614514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503614512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022","brand":"Marit Tolo Østebø","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43941887148287,"sku":"9781503614512","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_30c0d35b-0b71-4e6e-9a2e-06c80ca0ea89.jpg?v=1681455531","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/village-gone-viral-marit-tolo-steb-9781503614512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}