@article{fdi:010088802,
  title = {{D}ata wormholes and speculative rice fields : an infrastructural politics of anticipating greenhouse gas emissions},
  author = {{J}ensen, {C}. {B}. and {V}enot, {J}ean-{P}hilippe},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he 2015 {P}aris declaration obligated international development organizations to assess the climate compatibility of their projects. {F}or irrigation projects, like those negotiated between the {A}gence {F}rancaise de {D}eveloppement, and the {C}ambodian government in the early 2020s, calculations of estimated greenhouse gas emissions have become important requirements. {B}ut how to estimate emissions from future rice fields and the effects of irrigation infrastructures that do not exist? {T}o address this issue, emissions calculators have been developed as a means to bridge climate science and development knowledge infrastructures, so that data and forms of calculation from climate science can easily enter the world of development. {H}owever, by engaging in an infrastructural inversion, we argue that this understanding is flawed. {D}rawing on a case study of an irrigation project in {C}ambodia, we show that heterogeneous data concatenations are continuously transformed in the movement across infrastructures until referentiality breaks down. {E}mission calculators operate as a data wormhole, emitting extremely uncertain numbers that contribute to a problematic and speculative politics of anticipation. {I}n contrast with the dominant politics of anticipation, which depends on futile efforts to neutralize uncertainty, infrastructural inversion makes it possible to envision a decentered politics attentive to distributed agency.},
  keywords = {climate ; data wormholes ; emissions ; irrigation ; knowledge ; infrastructure ; anticipation ; {CAMBODGE} ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}cience {T}echnology and {H}uman {V}alues},
  volume = {[{E}arly access]},
  numero = {},
  pages = {[25 ]},
  ISSN = {0162-2439},
  year = {2023},
  DOI = {10.1177/01622439231215146},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088802},
}