ISBN:
9789004678354
,
9789004678347
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Keywords:
Technology Social aspects
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Science: general issues
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Mathematics
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Impact of science and technology on society
;
Technology: general issues
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Africa
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access to information
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algorithmic decision-making
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carbon
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concept possession
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credit
;
digital infrastructure
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digital labour
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Gabon
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Kenya
;
machine-learning models
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measurement
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Nigeria
;
platforms
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privacy
;
quantification
;
remote sensing
;
South Africa
;
tropical forests
;
Uganda
;
Yorùbá
Abstract:
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
Note:
English
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