Performing Technocapitalism
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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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1385122025-07-16T05:22:31Z Performing Technocapitalism Coban, Alev Innovation Africa Work Makerspace Capitalism Postcolonialism Technology Space Social Geography Sociology of Technology Geography thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGC Human geography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTR National liberation and independence thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society 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. 2024-05-31T06:27:09Z 2024-05-31T06:27:09Z 2024-05-30T14:00:54Z 2024 book ONIX_20240530_9783839467077_10 ONIX_20240530_9783839467077_10 OCN: 1432597259 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90670 9783839467077 9783837667073 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/138512 eng Sozial- und Kulturgeographie open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90670/1/9783839467077.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90670/1/9783839467077.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/90670/1/9783839467077.pdf transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839467077 10.14361/9783839467077 7e97f9b9-be2b-4d9c-a928-3c8ebdfa443c Hans Böckler Stiftung b17dc8f3-fb14-4542-8b6d-e3ad3f106417 9783839467077 9783837667073 298 Bielefeld [...] open access |
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