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

Resumo

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.

Tipo

Livro

Área

Engenharia

Ano

2024

Idioma

Inglês

Licença

CC BY

DOI

10.14361/9783839467077

Como citar (ABNT)

COBAN, Alev. Performing Technocapitalism: The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya. [S. l.]: transcript Verlag, 2024. DOI: 10.14361/9783839467077.