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Beschreibung
In Kenya, technology entrepreneurs and makers have to employ their work and emotions in order to re-script their peripheral positionalities within technocapitalism and make Kenya a place for technology development. Based on ethnographic research in makerspaces and co-working spaces in Nairobi, Alev Coban argues that postcolonial technology entrepreneurship is neoliberal and inherently political work. Technology developers, narratives, prototypes, and digital fabrication tools unite to achieve ambiguous Kenyan futures of technocapitalist market integration and decolonial emancipation in order to foster national well-being and disentangle Kenya from exploitative global structures.
In Kenya, technology entrepreneurs and makers have to employ their work and emotions in order to re-script their peripheral positionalities within technocapitalism and make Kenya a place for technology development. Based on ethnographic research in makerspaces and co-working spaces in Nairobi, Alev Coban argues that postcolonial technology entrepreneurship is neoliberal and inherently political work. Technology developers, narratives, prototypes, and digital fabrication tools unite to achieve ambiguous Kenyan futures of technocapitalist market integration and decolonial emancipation in order to foster national well-being and disentangle Kenya from exploitative global structures.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Geografie
Genre: Geowissenschaften
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 298 S.
14 farbige Illustr.
14 Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9783837667073
ISBN-10: 3837667073
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur
Einband: Paperback
Autor: Coban, Alev
Hersteller: transcript
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Abbildungen: 14 Farbabb.
Maße: 20 x 148 x 228 mm
Von/Mit: Alev Coban
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.04.2024
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
Artikel-ID: 127187102