Appropriation, coloniality, and digital technologies. Observations from within an African place

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.10087v1
• Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:37:29 GMT
• Title: Appropriation, coloniality, and digital technologies. Observations from within an African place
• Authors: Gertjan van Stam
• Abstract summary: This paper provides an assessment of experiences and understanding of digital technologies from within an African place. It provides philosophical reflections upon the introduction and existence - appropriation - of digital technologies.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: This paper provides an assessment of experiences and understanding of digital technologies from within an African place. It provides philosophical reflections upon the introduction and existence - appropriation - of digital technologies. Digital technologies are inherently linked to a colonialising power and, in general, unaligned with local, African ways of knowing. Imported technologies are set in modern, universalised doing and unsensitive to the importance of aligned being in African contexts. Sensitivities, it is argued, can be fostered by a decolonial turn, where focus shifts from the individual to the community.

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