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1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: What do science, technology, and innovation mean from Africa? / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga -- 1. The place of science and technology in our lives : making sense of possibilities / D.A. Masolo -- 2. The language of science, technology, and innovation : a chimurenga way of seeing from dzimbahwe / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga -- 3. The metalworker, the potter, and the pre-European African "laboratory" / Shadreck Chirikure -- 4. Plants of bondage, limbo plants, and liberation flora : diasporic reflections for STS in Africa and Africa in STS / Geri Augusto -- 5. Smartness from below : variations on technology and creativity in contemporary Kinshasa / Katrien Pype -- 6. On the politics of generative justice : African traditions and maker communities / Ron Eglash and Ellen K. Foster -- 7. Making mobiles African / Toluwalogo Odumosu -- 8. Innovation for development : Africa / Garrick E. Louis, Neda Nazemi, and Scott Remer -- 9. Science, technology, and innovation in Africa : conceptualizations, relevance and policy directions / Chux Daniels. |
| Summary |
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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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
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MIT Press DTL OA MIT Titles |
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In English. |
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Technology -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Science -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Africa.
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Creative ability in technology -- Africa.
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Industrial policy -- Africa.
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Africa -- Social life and customs.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Creative ability in technology. (OCoLC)fst00882458
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Industrial policy. (OCoLC)fst00971433
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Science -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01108360
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01145049
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Technology -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01145202
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Africa. (OCoLC)fst01239509
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Sociology |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology |
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SOCIAL SCIENCES/Anthropology & Archaeology |
| Added Author |
Mavhunga, Clapperton Chakanetsa, 1972- editor, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: What do science, technology, and innovation mean from Africa? Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017] 9780262533904 (DLC) 2016036606 (OCoLC)956583819 |
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9780262533904 (paperback) |
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9780262035835 (hardcover) |
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9780262342322 |
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0262342324 |
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0262533901 |
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0262035839 |
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