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'''Technological apartheid''' is a term that refers to the denial of useful modern technologies to [[Third World]] or [[Developing nations]]. The term is based upon the [[South Africa]]n expression ''[[Apartheid]]'', which refers to the practice of keeping certain populations in a separate, lower-class status. It has been used to describe situations that are unintended, such as the absence of computers and [[Information technology]] in the [[favela]]s of [[Brazil]] or other impoverished areas.[[http://proxied.changemakers.net/journal/00may/hart.cfm]][http://www.son.jhmi.edu/jhnmagazine/fall2006/pages/otp9_techapartheid.htm] The term also applies to the deliberate denial of technology for [[Geopolitics|geopolitical]] or [[Neocolonialism|neocolonialist]] reasons. The government of [[Iran]] has characterized the efforts by Western governments to deny [[Nuclear energy|nuclear]] technology to Iran as Technological Apartheid.[http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=14103&sectionid=351020101][http://www.iranatom.ru/news/english/version1/1/a649.htm]
'''Technological apartheid''' is the denial of useful modern technologies to [[Third World]] or [[developing nations]]. The term is based upon the [[South Africa]]n term ''[[apartheid]]'', partly refers to the practice of keeping certain populations in a separate, lower-class status. It has been used to describe situations that are unintended, such as the absence of computers and [[information technology]] in the [[favela]]s of [[Brazil]] or other impoverished areas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Daniela|first1=Hart|title=Combating Technological Apartheid in Brazilian Favelas|url=http://proxied.changemakers.net/journal/00may/hart.cfm|website=changemakers.net|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref>


Some of the technologies in question are [[dual-use technologies]], advanced technologies which can have both civilian and military applications.[http://www.iranatom.ru/news/english/version1/1/a649.htm] Some commentators allege that the issue of dual-use technologies is a [[red herring]], and that some advanced-sector nations, who wish to keep the Third World nations as poor [[Client state]]s, withhold technologies that are essential for [[economic development]], using the pretext that they will be used for military purposes.[http://southmovement.alphalink.com.au/commentaries/partners.htm][http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1802791.cms]
Some of the technologies in question are [[dual-use technologies]], advanced technologies which can have both civilian and military applications.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iranatom.ru/news/english/version1/1/a649.htm|title=26.02: Iranians Opposed To Technological Apartheid In Nuclear Issue|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050330075344/http://www.iranatom.ru/news/english/version1/1/a649.htm|archivedate=March 30, 2005}}</ref> Some commentators allege that the issue of dual-use technologies is a [[Ignoratio elenchi|red herring]], and that some advanced-sector nations, who wish to keep the Third World nations as poor [[client state]]s, withhold technologies that are essential for [[economic development]], using the pretext that they will be used for military purposes.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Muller|first1=David|title=Partners not Wage workers|url=http://southmovement.alphalink.com.au/commentaries/partners.htm|website=Southmovement|accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Subrahmanyam|first1=K|title=Costs of rejection|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/costs-of-rejection/articleshow/1802791.cms|accessdate=13 August 2014|work=The Times of India|agency=The Times of India|date=2006-07-25}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 11:39, 26 June 2021

Technological apartheid is the denial of useful modern technologies to Third World or developing nations. The term is based upon the South African term apartheid, partly refers to the practice of keeping certain populations in a separate, lower-class status. It has been used to describe situations that are unintended, such as the absence of computers and information technology in the favelas of Brazil or other impoverished areas.[1]

Some of the technologies in question are dual-use technologies, advanced technologies which can have both civilian and military applications.[2] Some commentators allege that the issue of dual-use technologies is a red herring, and that some advanced-sector nations, who wish to keep the Third World nations as poor client states, withhold technologies that are essential for economic development, using the pretext that they will be used for military purposes.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Daniela, Hart. "Combating Technological Apartheid in Brazilian Favelas". changemakers.net. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ^ "26.02: Iranians Opposed To Technological Apartheid In Nuclear Issue". Archived from the original on March 30, 2005.
  3. ^ Muller, David. "Partners not Wage workers". Southmovement. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. ^ Subrahmanyam, K (2006-07-25). "Costs of rejection". The Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 13 August 2014.


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