This article presents an overview of selected works on roads, bringing examples from studies concerned with different geographical and disciplinary perspectives, paying special attention to studies about roads in the “South”. In this vein, it seems to us that the gap between external and internal histories of technology still prevails. Such a gap has produced a fragmented narrative. If we want to advance in the understanding of infrastructure, we have to make an extra-effort to widen our view beyond the established knowledge: other disciplines have investigated some dimensions of the issues and we must take into account them, at least as part of our state of the art. We show that partial viewpoints leave in the shadow important actors, local innovations and negotiations, which are essential to understand the political economy of transport infrastructure. Perhaps the best strategy is working with colleagues from other disciplines.

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关于道路建设的本地、全球和支离破碎的叙述：邀请超越我们的学科空间

本文概述了道路的精选作品，从涉及不同地理和学科角度的研究中引入了例子，特别关注“南方”道路的研究。在这种情况下，在我们看来，技术的外部和内部历史之间的差距仍然存在。这种差距产生了支离破碎的叙述。如果我们想推进对基础设施的理解，我们必须付出额外的努力来拓宽我们的视野，超越既定知识：其他学科已经研究了问题的某些方面，我们必须考虑到它们，至少作为研究的一部分。我们最先进的。我们表明，部分观点将重要参与者、地方创新和谈判置于阴影之下，这对于了解交通基础设施的政治经济学至关重要。也许最好的策略是与其他学科的同事合作。