„In Technology we Trust“: Digital Visions and their Implications for Agricultural Development in Eastern Africa
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| Title: | Main Title: „In Technology we Trust“: Digital Visions and their Implications for Agricultural Development in Eastern Africa |
| Description: | Abstract: The rapid spread of mobile information and communication technologies in Africa has spurred new hopes for agricultural development. In contrast to earlier initiatives that focused on technological assistance in the context of the “green revolution”, projects today increasingly rely on mobile phone applications, the use of tablets and different sensor technologies to enhance agricultural productivity and resilience. In light of the long history of technological approaches to agricultural development, in this contribution, we follow the idea of a “technological fix” and examine the agricultural futures associated with these new technologies. Drawing on a document analysis as well as ethnographic research at agricultural fairs, conferences, in an online course and on farms in Kenya and Tanzania, we will show how the (re)new(ed) belief in a “technological fix” becomes inscribed in the design of concrete events and projects. Focusing on the implications this has with regard to new actors, new visions and new mechanisms of agricultural development, we thus contribute to a better understanding of the specific ways in which agricultural futures are currently transformed, not just through new technologies but also through a new character of development practice associated with them. |
| Identifier: | 10.5880/TRR228DB.16 (DOI) |
| Citation Advice: | This document is a manuscript submitted to the planned volume "Future Rural Africa," edited by D. Müller-Mahn and M. Bollig. It has not yet been certified by peer review. A link to the peer-reviewed publication will be added after the review process is finalized. |
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| Creators: | Astrid Matejcek (Author), Rupert Neuhöfer (Author), Julian Rochlitz (Author), Julia Verne (Author) |
| Funding Reference: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): CRC/TRR 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation |
| Publisher: | CRC/TRR228 Database (TRR228DB) |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
Topic
| TRR228 Topic: | Agriculture |
| Related Subproject: | C4 |
| Subjects: | Keywords: Agriculture, Future-making, Information and Communication Technologies |
| Geogr. Information Topic: | Farming |
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| Filename: | C04_digital_transformation_in_agriculture_CRCvolume.pdf |
| Data Type: | Text - Manuscript |
| File Size: | 168 KB |
| Date: | Available: 21.04.2021 (Copyright: the Authors) |
| Mime Type: | application/pdf |
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| Language: | English |
| Status: | Completed |
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| Download Permission: | Free |
| General Access and Use Conditions: | According to the TRR228DB data policy agreement. |
| Access Limitations: | According to the TRR228DB data policy agreement. |
| Licence: | [TRR228DB] Data policy agreement |
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| Report Date: | 21st of April, 2021 |
| Report Type: | Other |
| Report City: | Bonn, Germany |
| Report Institution: | University of Bonn |
Metadata Details
| Metadata Creator: | Julian Rochlitz |
| Metadata Created: | 20.04.2021 |
| Metadata Last Updated: | 21.04.2021 |
| Subproject: | C4 |
| Funding Phase: | 1 |
| Metadata Language: | English |
| Metadata Version: | V50 |
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