Performing Technocapitalism : The Politics and Affects of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship in Kenya
In Kenya, technology entrepreneurs and makers have to employ their work and emotions in order to re-script their peripheral positionalities within technocapitalism and make Kenya a place for technology development. Based on ethnographic research in makerspaces and co-working spaces in Nairobi, Alev...
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