Database as Book is an experimental publishing project that reimagines what a scholarly book can be when built as a living, collaborative database. Developed by a community of critical STS researchers based in Nairobi, the project uses the open-source Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography (PECE) to curate data, surface modes of analysis, and document evolving relationships among researchers. Rather than enforcing a linear narrative, the project emphasizes “data as relations,” exploring how knowledge infrastructures can foster mutuality, care, and public engagement. By designing for versioning, annotation, and community authorship, Database as Book seeks to support new forms of scholarly communication that are open, dynamic, and rooted in local contexts. This pilot contributes to broader efforts to build and sustain public knowledge infrastructures in Kenya and beyond.
Introduction
TITLE OF EACH CHAPTER
ESSAY ON ANALYTIC QUESTION 1
ESSAY ON ANALYTIC QUESTION 2
Closing
Research Data Share Collective, "Read More of "Database as Book"", contributed by Angela Okune, Aurelia Munene, Leo Mutuku, Syokau Mutonga and Wambui Wamunyu , Research Data Share, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 7 July 2025, accessed 1 April 2026. https://www.researchdatashare.org/content/read-more-database-book
Critical Commentary
This artifact is used in the footer of each sub-essay of the Database as Book to give orienting information and links to enable readers to find their way through the "book."