Translating Technology in Africa, Volume 2: Technicisation by Richard Rottenburg, Eva Riedke, Christiane Tristl, Marc Boeckler, Jannik Schritt, Jonas van der Straeten, Jochen Monstadt, Sarah Biecker, Jude Kagoro, Klaus Schlichte, Alena Thiel, Sung-Joon Park ISBN 9789004688278, 9789004688285, 9004688277, 9004688285 instant download

Translating Technology in Africa, Volume 2: Technicisation by Richard Rottenburg, Eva Riedke, Christiane Tristl, Marc Boeckler, Jannik Schritt, Jonas van der Straeten, Jochen Monstadt, Sarah Biecker, Jude Kagoro, Klaus Schlichte, Alena Thiel, Sung-Joon Park ISBN 9789004688278, 9789004688285, 9004688277, 9004688285 instant download

One of the great challenges of our time is related to the circulation of technology. We argue that while circulation leads to global technicisation, it also allows for the emergence of a zone of decolonial translation. Since this zone will always be contested, it needs to be constantly recreated and maintained. The main aim of this volume, with its six case studies, is to stimulate debate and many more curious praxiographic studies on this endeavour.
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Contents:
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• On Technicisation: How to Create a Zone of Decolonial Translation? - by Richard Rottenburg and Eva Riedke
• AYGo Water Dispensers and the Lifeworlds of Marketisation - by Christiane Tristl and Marc Boeckler
• Crude Texting: Mobile Phones and the Infrastructuring of Protests in Oil-Age Niger - by Jannik Schritt
• Between Providers and Users: Redistributors in Nairobi’s Fragmented Landscape of Electricity Provision - by Jonas van der Straeten and Jochen Monstadt
• The Measuring State: Technologies of Government in Uganda and Elsewhere - by Sarah Biecker, Jude Kagoro and Klaus Schlichte
• Biometric Data Doubles and the Technicisation of Personhood in Ghana - by Alena Thiel
• Project Time, Lifetime, and Extra Time: Technicisation of Mass HIV Treatment Programmes and the Acceleration of Pharmacy in Uganda - by Sung-Joon Park