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Networks of Knowledge Production in Sudan - Identities, Mobilities, and Technologies (Hardcover)
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Networks of Knowledge Production in Sudan - Identities, Mobilities, and Technologies (Hardcover)
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This is the first book of its kind on Sudan, and arguably one of
the first in North Africa. We are part of an emerging, more
cosmopolitan approach that calls for a reassessment of ideas about
not only the concept of identities, but also about migration and
technology, especially social media. Our essayists engage in
redefinitions, the broadening of our key variables, the linking and
intersecting of concepts, and the investigations of methods and
ethics, and opt for an approach that is, at once, culturally
specific to Sudan (one of the most fluid social landscapes in the
world) and transnational. Our essays address the narrowness of
studies of migration and note the almost total neglect in the
broader Sudan literature of the rise of technology-mobile telephony
and social media, in particular. Furthermore, our essayists address
the near neglect in the Sudan literature of certain categories of
people, such as youth, or certain diverse spaces, such as
neighborhoods or gold mines. We have also been attempting to move
away from the nearly stereotypic descriptions of Sudan to deal with
topics that align Sudan with transnational issues and themes,
knowledge production among them. This multidisciplinary collection
of essays is the first comprehensive work to grapple explicitly
with the question of knowledge production in such a diverse social
landscape. We discuss the impact of current trends in information
technology and contemporary forms of identity and mobility on
knowledge production. These issues are pertinent for different
sectors such as academia, government or business, and, as we
demonstrate, reveal a myriad of possibilities for studying diverse
population groups like youth, women, diaspora, or specific
political contexts such as conflict or oppression.
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