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oapen-20.500.12657-879242024-03-28T14:03:22Z Translating Technology in Africa. Volume 1: Metrics Rottenburg, Richard Ballim, Faeeza Kotzen, Bronwyn access to information algorithmic decision-making carbon concept possession credit digital infrastructure digital labour Gabon Kenya machine-learning models measurement Nigeria platforms privacy quantification remote sensing South Africa tropical forests Uganda Yorùbá thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1H Africa 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 2024-02-23T14:18:25Z 2024-02-23T14:18:25Z 2023 book ONIX_20240223_9789004678354_10 9789004678354 9789004678347 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87924 eng application/pdf n/a 9789004678354.pdf https://brill.com/display/title/65031 Brill 10.1163/9789004678354 10.1163/9789004678354 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 2a88bf4c-d2df-4db3-99d7-44257a657530 9789004678354 9789004678347 [...] open access
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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
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