Performing Technocapitalism : : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya /

Performing Technocapitalism : : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya / / Alev Coban.

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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Performing Technocapitalism : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya / Alev Coban.
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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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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
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography. bisacsh
Africa.
Capitalism.
Geography.
Makerspace.
Postcolonialism.
Social Geography.
Sociology of Technology.
Space.
Technology.
Work.
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Performing Technocapitalism : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya /
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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
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title_full Performing Technocapitalism : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya / Alev Coban.
title_fullStr Performing Technocapitalism : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya / Alev Coban.
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title_auth Performing Technocapitalism : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya /
title_alt 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
title_new Performing Technocapitalism :
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contents 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
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