Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 9
4. Technical Remarks 11
5. Chapter 1 Introduction: The Postcolonial Making of Technology 13
6. Chapter 2 The Politics of Postcolonial Technology Entrepreneurship 47
7. Part I
8. Storytelling: Affective Promises and Performances about Technology 77
9. Chapter 3 The Normativity of Kenya’s Tech Story 89
10. Chapter 4 Tangible Tech Stories – The Embodied Performances of Visitor Tours 113
11. Chapter 5 Writing Media Stories – The Socio-Technical Care Work of Storytelling 129
12. Chapter 6 Marketing Poverty – The Conservatism of Social Impact Technologies 139
13. Part I Conclusion: Technocapitalism – An Affective Economy of Promises and Performances 169
14. Part II
15. Making: The Careful and Calculative Manufacturing of Professional Products 177
16. Chapter 7 Hustle – The Making of Technologies in Kenya 189
17. Chapter 8 Love – The Careful Making of Technologies 201
18. Chapter 9 Fear – The Calculative Making of Technologies 219
19. Chapter 10 Resisting – Incalculable and Unloved Working Conditions 235
20. Part II Conclusion: Technocapitalism’s Responsibilization to Calculate and Care (for Liberating Products) 245
21. Chapter 11 Conclusion: Performing Technocapitalism 249
22. References 263