UID:
edocfu_9959648646802883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) :
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illustrations, maps.
ISBN:
9780262342322
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0262342324
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9780262533904
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9780262035835
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0262533901
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0262035839
Content:
Clapperton Mavhunga's collection of essays about science, technology, and innovation (STI) from an African perspective opens with the idea, "Things do not (always) mean the same from everywhere; when we insist that only ?our? meaning is the meaning, we silence other people?s meanings." Mavhunga and his contributors argue that our contemporary definitions of STI are those of countries and cultures that have acquired their dominance of others through global empires, and as a counter to that, Mavhunga seeks to put the concepts of STI into question, exploring what the technological, scientific, and innovative might mean from Africa in lieu of outside introductions or influences. We strongly feel that this book is suited to the Knowledge Unlatched program because of the difficulty of reaching markets and readers in Africa with print books. We feel unlatching would go a long way toward helping Mavhunga reach an important audience for this work that we have been previously unable to reach.
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What do science, technology, and innovation mean from Africa? /
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The place of science and technology in our lives : making sense of possibilities /
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The language of science, technology, and innovation : a chimurenga way of seeing from dzimbahwe /
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The metalworker, the potter, and the pre-European African "laboratory" /
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Plants of bondage, limbo plants, and liberation flora : diasporic reflections for STS in Africa and Africa in STS /
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Smartness from below : variations on technology and creativity in contemporary Kinshasa /
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On the politics of generative justice : African traditions and maker communities /
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Making mobiles African /
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Innovation for development : Africa /
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Science, technology, and innovation in Africa : conceptualizations, relevance and policy directions /
Language:
English
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