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.)



Nairobi: Kamukunji Jua Kali Association

Some products on sale at the Kamukunji Jua Kali Association, Nairobi. Check out their website at https://sites.google.com/site/kamukunjijuakali/
 








Imagine about hundred of these craftsmen of the Kamukunji Jua Kali Association working in one space covered by a tin roof, hammering on scrap metal, making great new stuff (tools, household appliances) out of the waste of the so-called 1rst World. Imagine the sheer noise. Brueghelian.
Workshops of the Kamukunji Jua Kali Association, Nairobi, facing the road
Inke and Simiya showing their visitor passes at Kamukunji Jua Kali Association, Nairobi
Visitor Committee of the Kamukunji Jua Kali Association, Nairobi

Check out their website at https://sites.google.com/site/kamukunjijuakali/