Kenya

Panel 1: "Experimental publishing: new ways of relating around books and data"

Bradbury-Jones, Caroline, and Sanne Weber. 2019. “Experiences with Participatory Research and Perspectives on Ethical Research Partnerships on Gender Based Violence in Kenya.” Institute for Global Innovation, University of Birmingham.

AO: This report was shared with me by Aurelia Munene of Eider Africa as it touches on questions of what ethical research is and includes many direct quotes about experiences with research. It seems particularly fitting for this essay on "Being Researched in Kibera"...Read more

2020_SEPT_24 WRITING MEETING_VIDEO RECORDING

https://youtu.be/lqrFU9Y81g4
Ndemo, B., & Weiss, T. (Eds.). (2017). Digital Kenya: An entrepreneurial revolution in the making. Palgrave Macmillan.

AO: This book includes important material (esp. the mini "interviews" in between the research articles) to better understand the persepectives of key leaders in the Nairobi tech entrepreneurship space.Read more

Shupler et al. 2021. ‘COVID-19 Impacts on Household Energy & Food Security in a Kenyan Informal Settlement."

Feleke, Bethlehem. 2020. “Kenya Governor under Fire after Putting Hennessy Bottles in Coronavirus Care Packages.” CNN, April 17, 2020.

AO: This article was sent to me by San Francisco-based friends about the controversial Nairobi governor who was putting alcohol in hospital care packages.Read more

Gathara, Patrick. 2020. “Why Colonial-Era Edicts Will Not Defeat the Coronavirus in Kenya.” The Elephant, March 23, 2020.

AO: This artifact was shared with the Research Data KE Working Group (via whatsapp) on Monday March 23, 2020. It is an article in The Elephant authored by Patrick Gathara.Read more

Muiruri reporting on BBI overturned by Kenya High Court

This important news that the Kenyan High Court overturned the President's Bid to amend the constitution illustrates the continuing importance of the Court in serving as a counter point to the Executive's power. This reminds me of the 2017...Read more

Misinformation: Masks ordered by Germany lost in Kenya

AOk. "Kenya's love for IT has earned it the nickname Silicon Savanna"

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

META: What discourses shape the way people in this setting talk about and conceptualize qualitative data infrastructure and capacity, right-to-know, freedom of information, the potential of expanded public participation, and so on?
Perry, A. (2011, June 30). Silicon Savanna: Mobile Phones Transform Africa. Time.
Analytics Across Scales and Systems: Qualitative Data Capacity

Citizens Denouncing Support from International Financing Bodies of Corrupt National Government

This image is of public protests against government corruption related to COVID-19 protective equipment. These critiques emerged prior to the April 2021 public criticism of the government...Read more

How have different actors responded to COVID-19 and what kinds of counter responses have emerged to that?
Kenyan citizens protest in Nairobi against government corruption
Analytics for Research Data KE COVID-19 Project

Kenya Vision 2030

Government of the Republic of Kenya. (2008). Kenya Vision 2030 (The Popular Version). Government of the Republic of Kenya.
Government of the Republic of Kenya. (2018). Marking 10 Years of Progress (2008—2018). Government of the Republic of Kenya.
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