AO: This article proposes that Nairobi's nickname of "Silicon Savanna" stems from "Kenya's love for IT." The author then goes on to suggest that the moniker "neatly...Read more
This call was organized around Bateson's concepts of deutero-learning and double bind which heavily influenced the discussion points raised in the call.Read more
AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by Participant BCMMM10 prior to interview # 191114_001 and signed after the interview.Read more
In the transcribed excerpt below, Wambui questions the thinking behind the loose structure of making decisions in the group. Is this an attempt towards a democratic research...Read more
Discussion on Open Access in Africa
March 31, 2020
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Nairobi
Participants (listed alphabetically):
Transcript from one-on-one interview
Friday , May 24 , 2019
Hung out from 10:10 AM – 2:00 PM. Interviewed happened at the beginning of this time (from 10:57 AM - 12:15 PM).
Location: lunch venue in Westlands (Nairobi, Kenya)
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Tognetti, S. S. (1999). Science in a double-bind: Gregory Bateson and the origins of post-normal science. Futures, 31(7), 689–703. ...Read more
AO: After emailing this data to a non-Kenyan anthropologist I met in Nairobi, I received the following response:
“I went through the transcript and I really find it fascinating
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Ruth Oniang'o describes why she started the Nairobi-based journal AJFAND and the funding challenge which the journal continues to face even after nearly 20 years of being operational.
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AO: This is a digitized copy of the signature page of the informed consent that was reviewed by Participant EAKWAM03 prior to interview # 190524_001 and signed after the interview.Read more