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Making as imaginative crossroads: Ghanaian makers and the geopolitics of technological progress.
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Proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology . Oct2020, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p1-5. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This paper is about the politics of technological progress as it is being played out among a loose network of Ghanaian makers. It unpacks how the practice of 'making' unfolds as a site for positioning the self and the nation within a global imaginary of techno futures. The paper argues, first, that 'making' in Ghana is emblematic of a crossroads of imaginative possibilities for technological design and production, and second, that this marks a distinct turn in the politics of technological progress, particularly when situated against ongoing econo‐political negotiations between the Global south, the West, and China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GEOPOLITICS
*TECHNOLOGICAL progress
*TECHNOLOGY & politics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23739231
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology
- Publication Type :
- Conference
- Accession number :
- 146607511
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.298