*Technology plays a central role in the making of African cities. How is
technology shaping urban spaces and identities in Africa? And how does
urban life on the continent shape technology and innovation?*
If you have been thinking about issues like these lately, please consider
proposing a paper for panel D 17 *“Urban technologies and technologies of
urbanity in Africa” *for the 7th European Conference on African Studies
(ECAS) on June 29 - July 1, 2017 in Basel, Switzerland.
Full abstract below as well as instructions on how to submit an abstract.
The deadline is January 19th.
Do not hesitate to write, call or send a pigeon if you have questions about
the panel or how to submit an abstract.
Best wishes,
Nanna (and Casper)
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Panel D17: Urban technologies and technologies of urbanity in Africa
Convenors:
Nanna Schneidermann (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied
Sciences)
Casper Andersen (University of Aarhus)
Long Abstract:
The wicked problems of Africa cities are often formulated as problems of
technology; lacking infrastructure, lacking qualified personnel to repair
and maintain systems of communication, mobility, housing, health or trade.
Solutions have conventionally been formulated as a need to apply and
implement expertise and technological systems from elsewhere in order to
make up for a technological deficit. More recently, researchers have begun
to focus not on the technologies that are said to be lacking but on the
technologies that are actually in use and which have shaped the development
and everyday lives in Africa's diverse urban spaces. New and important
questions are been asked about "local" innovation, "creolization" of
imported technologies, maintenance, reuse and sustainability and not least
about the role of technologies in the making of urban identities and forms
of expertise and entrepreneurship. The burgeoning interest and growing
literature has been interdisciplinary from the outset spanning across
history, anthropology, geography, urban studies, STS and beyond. The panel
aims to contribute to establishing a solid platform for this important
interdisciplinary debate and invites papers that address the theoretical as
well as empirical questions about urbanity and technology in Africa.
Instructions:
All paper proposals must be made via the online form that appears as a
“Submit paper here”-link under the abstract on this site:
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/ecas/ecas2017/panels.php5?PanelID=4890
. You will be asked to provide:
• your contact details
• your institutional affiliation and current position
• the title of your paper
• a short abstract of no more than 300 characters (including spaces)
• and a long abstract of no more than 250 words.
The call for papers is now open and closes at midnight on *19 January 2017*
and you can read more about the overall theme here:
https://ecas2017.ch/theme
--
Nanna Schneidermann, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral research fellow
Oslo and Akershus University College for Applied Sciences
Department for International Studies and Interpreting
University of Cape Town
Department for Anthropology
+ 27 (0)818999717
+47 94202006
skype: nanna_schneidermann
www.mediafrica.no
www.thousanddays.uct.ac.za
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