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The art of connection : risk, mobility, and the crafting of transparency in coastal Kenya / Dillon Mahoney.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]Copyright date: �2017Description: 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520966239
  • 0520966236
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Art of connection.DDC classification:
  • 302.2096762/3 23
LOC classification:
  • HF5718.2.K4
Online resources:
Contents:
The art of connection : an introduction -- Mombasa marginalized : claims to land and legitimacy in a tourist city -- Curio traders versus the state -- Negotiating informality in Mombasa -- New mobilities, new risks -- Crafting ethical connection and transparency in coastal Kenya -- From ethnic brands to fair trade labels.
Summary: The Art of Connection narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Bringing together the studies of globalization, development, art, and communication, the book illuminates the lived experiences of informal economies and shows how traders and small enterprises balance new risks with the mobility afforded by digital technologies. An array of ethnic and generational politics h.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The art of connection : an introduction -- Mombasa marginalized : claims to land and legitimacy in a tourist city -- Curio traders versus the state -- Negotiating informality in Mombasa -- New mobilities, new risks -- Crafting ethical connection and transparency in coastal Kenya -- From ethnic brands to fair trade labels.

The Art of Connection narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Bringing together the studies of globalization, development, art, and communication, the book illuminates the lived experiences of informal economies and shows how traders and small enterprises balance new risks with the mobility afforded by digital technologies. An array of ethnic and generational politics h.

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