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Making as imaginative crossroads: Ghanaian makers and the geopolitics of technological progress

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This paper is about the politics of technological progress as it is being played out among a loose network of Ghanaian makers. It unpacks how the practice of ‘making’ unfolds… Click to show full abstract

This paper is about the politics of technological progress as it is being played out among a loose network of Ghanaian makers. It unpacks how the practice of ‘making’ unfolds as a site for positioning the self and the nation within a global imaginary of techno futures. The paper argues, first, that ‘making’ in Ghana is emblematic of a crossroads of imaginative possibilities for technological design and production, and second, that this marks a distinct turn in the politics of technological progress, particularly when situated against ongoing econo‐political negotiations between the Global south, the West, and China.

Keywords: crossroads ghanaian; progress; ghanaian makers; making imaginative; technological progress; imaginative crossroads

Journal Title: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
Year Published: 2020

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