Post-global city : theorizing technology cultures in urban Africa / Katrien Pype, Omolade Adunbi, and Michael M. J. Fischer, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pype, Katrien.

Series:

African perspectives (University of Michigan. Press)

African Perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology, Urban--Africa--21st century.

Sociology, Urban.

Technological innovations--Africa--21st century.

Technological innovations.

Information technology--Africa--21st century.

Information technology.

Cities and towns--Africa--21st century.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Theorizing technology cultures in urban Africa

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2026.

Summary:

The Post-Global City seeks to open a new field of analytical inquiry that examines knowledge production and technological developments in urban Africa rooted in local, historical realities, while also partaking in transnational, global processes.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Biographies

List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction. Post-Global City Formations: Technology and Africa's Urban Futures | Omolade Adunbi, Katrien Pype, and Michael M. J. Fischer

Chapter 1. The Post-Global City: South-South Geographies and Political Affects in Kinshasa's Emerging Tech Scene | Katrien Pype

Chapter 2. Technologies of Dream Life and the Life of Dreams in Afrodystopia | Joseph Tonda, translated by Katrien Pype

Chapter 3. Inga as Enclave: The (Dis)comfort of Being Serious Men | Barbara Carbon

Chapter 4. Enchanting Urban Futures Through Geothermal Explorations in Nakuru, Kenya | Nick Rahier

Chapter 5. Dreaming About X-Rays in Kikwit: Visibility, Medical Technology, and Fracture Care in an Intermediate Congolese City | Trisha Phippard

Chapter 6. The "Bend-Skin": A Connector in and Co-Constructor of Mbouda

or, How Post-Global Flows Enable Urban Mobility | Vivien M. Meli, translated by Victoria Bernal and Katrien Pype

Chapter 7. Technicity and Co-Citizenship: Campus Connectivity in Tanzania | Koen Stroeken and Mohamed Ghasia

Chapter 8. Digital Technology and Urban Entrepreneurship: Gendered Tactics of Online Entrepreneurship in and from Prewar Khartoum | Griet Steel

Chapter 9. The Oil Cities: Urbanity, Engineers, and Innovators in the Construction of Refineries in Nigeria | Omolade Adunbi

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-254) and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

0-472-90543-0

9780472905430

OCLC:

1528551289