The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Recolonisation of Africa the coloniality of data

"This book argues that the fourth industrial revolution, the process of accelerated automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices via digital technology, will serve to further marginalise Africa within the international community. In this book, the author argues that the loot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Benyera, Everisto, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Taylor & Francis 2021
2021.
Colección:Routledge Contemporary Africa
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421116406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Data coloniality: A decolonial perspective of Africa and the 4IR
  • Historicising Africa's subjugation
  • Contextualising the colonial project in Africa
  • Data mining, harvesting and datafication
  • Networks, big data and data coloniality: Whither Africa's sovereignty?
  • The 4IR as the mother of all destructions and accumulations
  • Mapping Africa's destiny in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
  • Africa's eunuch condition and the omnipresent footprints of the four industrial revolutions.