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

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Alev Coban

Performing Technocapitalism

The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya

Alev Coban

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Transcript Verlag
28 May 2024

National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Economic systems & structures; Entrepreneurship; Ethical & social aspects of computing

Series: Social and Cultural Geography

In Kenya, technology entrepreneurs and makers have to invest 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.

By: Alev Coban
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 15mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9783837667073
ISBN 10: 3837667073
Series: Social and Cultural Geography
Pages: 298
Publication Date: 28 May 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alev Coban (Dr.) is a feminist and digital geographer. She worked as a research assistant and lecturer at the Department of Human Geography at Goethe-Universit�t Frankfurt. She studied African Development Studies of Geography, Law in Africa and Human Geography in Bayreuth and Frankfurt and Design Thinking at the Hasso-Plattner-Institute in Potsdam. Her research interests include Feminist and Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies, Affect and Care Theories, Digital Work, Emancipatory Technologies, Makerspaces, East Africa and Ethnography.