From the Cloud to the Landfill: The Case of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform and Akwasi Bediako Afrane’s TRONS

From the Cloud to the Landfill: The Case of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform and Akwasi Bediako Afrane’s TRONS

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This contribution sheds light on discarded electronics repair in Accra, Ghana. After placing these practices in dialogue with the Western and Eurocentric narratives around the materiality of digital interactions and infrastructure, it delves into two arts and design contexts that gravitate around t...

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Main Author: Cyrus Khalatbari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2023-10-01
Series:Diseña
Subjects:
Agbogbloshie
dominant digital narratives
planned obsolescence
zombie media
electronic-waste
Online Access:https://ojs.des.uc.cl/index.php/Disena/article/view/59695

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