ISBN:
0520966236
,
9780520966239
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xii, 251 pages)
,
illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mahoney, Dillon, 1980- Art of connection
DDC:
302.2096762/3
Keywords:
Business communication
;
Artisans
;
Handicraft Technological innovations
;
Digital communications
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
;
Artisans
;
Business communication
;
Digital communications
;
Kenya ; Mombasa
;
Erlebnisbericht
Abstract:
The Art of Connection narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Bringing together the studies of globalization, development, art, and communication, the book illuminates the lived experiences of informal economies and shows how traders and small enterprises balance new risks with the mobility afforded by digital technologies. An array of ethnic and generational politics h
Abstract:
The art of connection : an introduction -- Mombasa marginalized : claims to land and legitimacy in a tourist city -- Curio traders versus the state -- Negotiating informality in Mombasa -- New mobilities, new risks -- Crafting ethical connection and transparency in coastal Kenya -- From ethnic brands to fair trade labels.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520292871.001.0001
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