While classical STS literature argues that science and technology become universal though the daily work of detaching from original relations of production. The chapter shows that, on the contrary, globalization is the result of reproduction and objectification of original production relations.
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The chapter responds that computer biometrics was born in the postcolonial context in the 1970s and that the original production relationships are solidified in the production model of contemporary biometrics.
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It consists of the study of biometric labour division among foreign vendors providing the technologies and local officials who develop them on a daily basis. The chapter investigates how biometrics has become global while maintaining a postcolonial nature.
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My chapter is the result of an investigation into production relations of biometric technologies in the context of electoral administration in Africa.
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Technoscientific Globalisation from Below
Check out my new “The division of biometric labour: relations of production in African voter-identification technologies” in @mathieuquetu.bsky.social Technoscientific Globalisation from Below, @matteringpress.bsky.social
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Technoscientific Globalisation from Below
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We’re delighted to announce the publication of
🌍Technoscientific Globalisation from Below🌎
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Edited by Mathieu Quet, Koichi Kameda, Jessica Pourraz & Yves-Marie Rault-Chodankar
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Coming soon: Technoscientific Globalisation from Below
Coming soon: Technoscientific Globalisation from Below
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