Afro-Tech and the Future of Re-invention is a research project by
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) which looks at the use, the
adaptation and (re-)invention of (new) technologies in three African
countries. The subtitle reads: Alternative Technological Energies and Intelligences in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. Researchers: Anne Bergner and Inke Arns.
Welcome to HMKV's blog.
This blog currently documents a research trip to twelve former Soviet Republics for a new regional project of the Goethe-Institut (2015-17). Earlier entries document the "Afro-Tech and the Future of (Re-)Invention" research trip to Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria (10-25 April 2014, Anne Bergner and Inke Arns), and the INDUSTRIAL on Tour trip to five industrial cities in Poland (27 Sep - 9 Oct 2011, Thibaut de Ruyter, Inke Arns et al.)