Translating Technology in Africa. Volume 1: Metrics

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-9004678347
• ISBN-13: 978-9004678354
• Thông tin xuất bản: Brill, 2023
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 460679
• Chủ đề: 1. access to information; 2. algorithmic decision-making; 3. carbon; 4. concept possession; 5. credit; 6. Africa; 7. Impact of science and technology on society; 8. Mathematics; 9. Science: general issues; 10. Technology: general issues

Tóm tắt

Translating Technology in Africa brings together authors from different disciplines who engage with Science and Technology Studies (STS) to stimulate curiosity about the diversity of sociotechnical assemblages on the African continent. The contributions provide detailed praxeographic examinations of technologies at work in postcolonial contexts. The series of 5 volumes aims to catalyse the development of a field of research that is still in its infancy in Africa and promises to offer novel insights into past, present, and future challenges and opportunities facing the continent. The first volume, on "Metrics", explores practices of quantification and digitisation. The chapters examine how numbers are aggregated and how the resulting metrics shape new realities. Contributors include Kevin. P. Donovan, Véra Ehrenstein, Jonathan Klaaren, Emma Park, Helen Robertson, René Umlauf and Helen Verran