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

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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahoney, Dillon, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Temas:
Business communication > Kenya > Mombasa.
Artisans > Kenya > Mombasa.
Handicraft > Technological innovations > Kenya > Mombasa.
Digital communications > Kenya > Mombasa.
Communication dans l'entreprise > Kenya > Mombasa.
Artisanat > Innovations > Kenya > Mombasa.
Transmission numérique > Kenya > Mombasa.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Artisans
Business communication
Digital communications
Kenya > Mombasa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520966239
0520966236

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