Abstract

MURILLO-LICEA, Daniel; ROMERO-PEREZ, Roberto  and  LOPEZ-RAMIREZ, Eduardo. The social adoption of appropriate technologies in Chitejé de Garabato, Querétaro, México; an exploratory study. Tecnol. cienc. agua [online]. 2019, vol.10, n.2, pp.35-77.  Epub Apr 21, 2021. ISSN 2007-2422.  https://doi.org/10.24850/j-tyca-2019-02-02.

This article explores the definition of social adoption of appropriate water and sanitation technologies and the elements that compose it. In order to understand the operation of technology and social organization, a survey was carried out in the municipality of Amealco de Bonfil, Queretaro, specifically in the community of Chitejé de Garabato. The survey was carried out in the context of the attention to marginal localities without water and sanitation services of the Program Agua Cerca de Todos (Water Near All), which included the construction of appropriate technologies. The authors present the findings of the survey and an analysis of the elements that make up the concept of social adoption of appropriate technologies, contrasting some preliminary hypotheses with the results of the methodological exercise in the aforementioned community.

Keywords : Appropriate technologies; water and sanitation; social adoption; technology transfer; Querétaro.