What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa? Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mavhunga, Clapperton Chakanetsa, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2017.

System Details:

text file

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.

Contents:

1 The Place of Science and Technology in Our Lives: Making Sense of Possibilities / D. A. Masolo Masolo, D. A. 29

2 The Language of Science, Technology, and Innovation: A Chimurenga Way of Seeing from Dzimbahwe / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga Mavhunga, Clapperton Chakanetsa 45

3 The Metalworker, the Potter, and the Pre-European African "Laboratory" / Shadreck Chirikure Chirikure, Shadreck 63

4 Plants of Bondage, Limbo Plants, and Liberation Flora: Diasporic Reflections for STS in Africa and Africa in STS / Geri Augusta Augusta, Geri 79

5 Smartness from Below: Variations on Technology and Creativity in Contemporary Kinshasa / Katrien Pype Pype, Katrien 97

6 On the Politics of Generative Justice: African Traditions and Maker Communities / Ron Eglash Eglash, Ron, Ellen K. Foster Foster, Ellen K. 117

7 Making Mobiles African / Toluwalogo Odumosu Odumosu, Toluwalogo 137

8 Innovation for Development: Africa / Garrick E. Louis Louis, Garrick E., Neda Nazemi Nazemi, Neda, Scott Remer Remer, Scott 151

9 Science, Technology, and Innovation in Africa: Conceptualizations, Relevance, and Policy Directions / Chux Daniels Daniels, Chux 169.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

KU Select 2016 Front List Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 100317

ISBN:

9780262533904

OCLC:

994209909

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access