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Translating Technology in Africa. Volume 2: Technicisation
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Rottenburg, RichardRiedke, Eva

This volume revisits one of the great challenges of our time - the global circulation of technology and the resulting technicisation. Together, the introductory essay and six case studies argue that while circulation inevitably leads to the global standardisation of some forms, successful technicisation depends on local appropriation that takes place in the interstitial zones of translation. Th…

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Translating Technology in Africa. Volume 1: Metrics
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Rottenburg, RichardBallim, FaeezaKotzen, Bronwyn

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 deve…

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9789004678354
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Far-fetched facts : A Parable of Development Aid
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Rottenburg, Richard.

This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers.

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Far-fetched facts :a parable of development aid
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Rottenburg, Richard.

Translated from the German.This is a fictionalized ethnographic study of development aid in sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on technologies of inscription in the interactions of development banks, international experts and local managers.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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9780262255035
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1 online resource (xxvii, 235 pages) :illustrations.
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