@article{fdi:010071822,
  title = {{P}ersisting technological boundaries : social interactions, cognitive correlations and polarization},
  author = {{R}oux, {V}. and {B}ril, {B}. and {C}auliez, {J}. and {G}oujon, {A}.{L}. and {L}ara, {C}. and {M}anen, {C}. and {S}aulieu, {G}eoffroy de and {Z}angato, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}n this paper, we address the question of the conditions for persistence of technological boundaries. {W}e use field studies to test the predictions generated by a theoretical model in analytical sociology and examine the micro-processes at stake in the non-diffusion of techniques: to which extent techniques contributes to a sharp disagreement between groups and promote polarization? {T}he ultimate goal is to provide archaeologists with an empirically tested model to explain spatial distribution of technological clusters and maintenance of technological boundaries. {F}ield studies examine ethnographic situations in four countries where social groups using different ceramic techniques for making utilitarian vessels live in close geographical proximity. {T}wo situations enable us to examine the conditions under which technological boundaries persist, while two others enable us to analyze, through a boundary-making perspective, how differences in craft techniques contribute to polarization. {O}ur data suggest that in a context where different techniques are used for different types of object there is a cognitive bias which fosters technological polarization. {T}his cognitive bias develops in the course of interactions between actors living in close geographical proximity. {P}olarization increases when technological standards are used by different social groups, thereby favoring negative influence and persistent technological boundaries.},
  keywords = {{CAMEROUN} ; {ETHIOPIE} ; {EQUATEUR} ; {INDE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {A}nthropological {A}rchaeology},
  volume = {48},
  numero = {},
  pages = {320--335},
  ISSN = {0278-4165},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.jaa.2017.09.004},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071822},
}