Digital Imaginaries. African Positions Beyond the Binary

- Type of publication
- Exhibition catalog, Monograph
- Author / Editor
- Richard Rottenburg, Oulimata Gueye, Julien McHardy, Philipp Ziegler (ed.)
- Publishing house, place
- Kerber, Bielefeld/Berlin
- Year
- 2021
- Content
The two-year, three-city exhibition and research project Digital Imaginaries brought together artists, makers, architects, and social scientists to examine digital futures on the African continent. This book presents resulting artistic and scholarly productions alongside additional works.
The contributions in this volume deal with diverse digital phenomena: From the continued impact of toxic histories and the conflict-ridden extraction of minerals critical to the digital economy to video games, experimental architecture, the reappropriation of smart city and innovation practices, the commoning of resources, attempts to digitize voter trust, calls for digital resistance and decolonial healing, the relationships between humans and technics, utopia and dystopia, and the limits of reason. The contributions articulate imaginaries and agendas capable of staving off the domination of market interests, state surveillance, and postcolonial hegemonies. Starting from positions on the African continent and in the African diaspora, the works collated here contribute to the global struggle for more diverse and inclusive digital futures.
- Language
- German, English
- Description
- 408 p., 160 Ill., 15,5 x 24 cm, OTA-Bind-Broschur
- ISBN
- ISBN 978-3-7356-0656-3
- Production / Corporation / Exhibition
- Kër Thiossane / Afropixel, Dakar, Senegal; Wits Art Museum / Fak'ugesi, Johannesburg, Südafrika; ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, Deutschland
- Partners
Ker Thiossane, Dakar, Senegal; Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa; ZKM | Karlsruhe, Germany
- Team
Project Management ZKM:
Jens Lutz, Miriam Stürner, Philipp ZieglerProject Management extern:
Julien McHardy, Richard Rottenburg, Ouimata Gueye, Philipp ZieglerGraphic Design:
The Laboratory of Manuel Bürger
(Manuel Bürger, Simon Schindele)
https://manuelbuerger.com/
Key topics
Artists
- Nothando Bhebhe
- Joni Brenner
- CUSS Group
- Kombo Chapfika
- Joshua Chiundiza
- DK Osseo-Asare & Yasmine Abbas, Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP)
- Scott Hazelhurst
- Wanuri Kahiu
- Isaac Kariuki
- Francois Knoetze
- Maurice Mbikayi
- Milumbe Haimbe aka ArtisTrophe
- Marcus Neustetter
- Olalekan Jeyifous & Wale Lawal
- Tabita Rezaire
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Authors
- Sénamé Koffi Agbodjinou
- Bethlehem Anteneh
- Younes Baba-Ali
- Tegan Bristow
- Manuel Bürger
- DK Osseo-Asare & Yasmine Abbas, Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP)
- Mehdi Derfoufi
- Mamadou Diallo
- Amal Hassan Fadlalla
- Oulimata Gueye
- Thomas Hervé
- Enrico Ille
- Francois Knoetze
- Themba Konela
- Bettina Korintenberg
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