The global South, that is, the region outside the Western Europe, North America, and the developed nations of Oceana and Asia, has been neglected by social scientists studying science, technology, and society (STS) issues. Since the end of the 1990s, however, a growing body of work has critically evaluated the contradictory role of Northern styles of science and technology for development, including the cultural assumptions embedded within them. Social theories have expanded to consider the ways that local practices shape knowledge and technologies in these settings. Such studies have for instance, addressed debates ranging from the divide between laymen and scientists to the relationship between Northern and Iindigenous epistemologies.