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Indiscipline as Method : From Telescopes to Ventilators in Times of Covid

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Turner, Irina ; Merron, James ; Lamoureaux, Siri:
Indiscipline as Method : From Telescopes to Ventilators in Times of Covid.
In: Filosofia Theoretica : Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions. Bd. 10 (2021) Heft 3 . - S. 79-101.
ISSN 2276-8386
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ft.v10i3.6

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Abstract

There is no unproblematic way to study things as “African”, yet an epistemologically situated approach based on concrete technological projects situated in Africa and their social and political implications offers an important account of the intersection of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and African Studies. We explore this perspective through the notion of “indiscipline” using the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project (SKA) based in South Africa as a case study through which to observe “indiscipline” as a methodological approach to technoscience at work. Indiscipline helps frame the socio-technical (by)products of astrophysics and engineering, and we present the production of ventilators for COVID-19 patients as an example of how the design of mega-science projects can become entangled with the dynamic concerns of society. Our conclusion elaborates on the politics of large technological systems, opening up a conversation on the intersection of science and society in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in African settings, using the template of experiences with the SKA and the National Ventilator Project in South Africa.

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Publikationsform: Artikel in einer Zeitschrift
Begutachteter Beitrag: Ja
Keywords: Transdisciplinarity; Interdisciplinarity; African Studies; SKA; 4IR; National Ventilator Project
Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Lehrstuhl Afrikanistik I
Fakultäten > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät > Lehrstuhl Afrikanistik I > Lehrstuhl Afrikanistik I - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sommer
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields > Afrikastudien
Fakultäten
Fakultäten > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Profilfelder
Profilfelder > Advanced Fields
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 120 Epistemologie
300 Sozialwissenschaften > 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 520 Astronomie
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 600 Technik
600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften
Eingestellt am: 10 Jan 2022 14:29
Letzte Änderung: 05 Jun 2023 13:30
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/68271