Moore, HL;
Smith, C;
(2020)
The Dotcom and the Digital: Time and Imagination in Kenya.
Public Culture
, 32
(3)
pp. 513-538.
10.1215/08992363-8358698.
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Abstract
In Kenya, the terms dotcom and digital have become popular descriptors for particular periods of change, as well as for modes of being. The two terms’ usage extends beyond reference to the age of the Internet or to encounters with new technologies. Rather, the dotcom and the digital—in different ways and in different decades—enable Kenyans to imagine with and through time. Using extensive ethnographic research and reflecting on pop music, TV advertising, and streetscapes, we explore how, for many Kenyans the dotcom and the digital are tools for making sense of the times in which they live. Drawing on the work of Paul Ricoeur, we tease apart what it means to be dotcom and digital in Kenya, exploring how experiences of time are also projects of self-making and critical intervention.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Dotcom and the Digital: Time and Imagination in Kenya |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1215/08992363-8358698 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1215/08992363-8358698 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, FUTURE |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10117161 |
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