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What do science, technology, and innovation mean from Africa?
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- Creator
- edited by Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2017
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 241 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0262342324, 9780262035835, 0262342332, 9780262342339, 0262533901, 0262035839, 9780262342322, 9780262533904
- OCLC
- on1053130583, ocn994209909, ocn956583819
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: What do science, technology, and innovation mean from Africa? / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga -- 1. The place of science and technology in our lives : making sense of possibilities / D.A. Masolo -- 2. The language of science, technology, and innovation : a chimurenga way of seeing from dzimbahwe / 3. The metalworker, the potter, and the pre-European African "laboratory" / Shadreck Chirikure -- 4. Plants of bondage, limbo plants, and liberation flora : diasporic reflections for STS in Africa and Africa in STS / Geri Augusto -- 5. Smartness from below : variations on technology and creativity in contemporary Kinshasa / Katrien Pype -- 6. On the politics of generative justice : African traditions and maker communities / Ron Eglash and Ellen K. Foster -- 7. Making mobiles African / Toluwalogo Odumosu -- 8. Innovation for development : Africa / Garrick E. Louis, Neda Nazemi, and Scott Remer -- 9. Science, technology, and innovation in Africa : conceptualizations, relevance and policy directions / Chux Daniels