Performing Technocapitalism The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya
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...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
transcript Verlag
[2024]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Sozial- und Kulturgeographie Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009827238706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Technical Remarks
- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Postcolonial Making of Technology
- Chapter 2 The Politics of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship
- Part I
- Storytelling: Affective Promises and Performances about Technology
- Chapter 3 The Normativity of Kenya’s Tech Story
- Chapter 4 Tangible Tech Stories – The Embodied Performances of Visitor Tours
- Chapter 5 Writing Media Stories – The Socio-Technical Care Work of Storytelling
- Chapter 6 Marketing Poverty – The Conservatism of Social Impact Technologies
- Part I Conclusion: Technocapitalism – An Affective Economy of Promises and Performances
- Part II
- Making: The Careful and Calculative Manufacturing of Professional Products
- Chapter 7 Hustle – The Making of Technologies in Kenya
- Chapter 8 Love – The Careful Making of Technologies
- Chapter 9 Fear – The Calculative Making of Technologies
- Chapter 10 Resisting – Incalculable and Unloved Working Conditions
- Part II Conclusion: Technocapitalism’s Responsibilization to Calculate and Care (for Liberating Products)
- Chapter 11 Conclusion: Performing Technocapitalism
- References
