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Author Mahoney, Dillon, 1980- author.

Title The art of connection : risk, mobility, and the crafting of transparency in coastal Kenya / Dillon Mahoney.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations
Kenyah language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The art of connection : an introduction -- Mombasa marginalized : claims to land and legitimacy in a tourist city -- Curio traders versus the state -- Negotiating informality in Mombasa -- New mobilities, new risks -- Crafting ethical connection and transparency in coastal Kenya -- From ethnic brands to fair trade labels.
Summary The Art of Connection narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Bringing together the studies of globalization, development, art, and communication, the book illuminates the lived experiences of informal economies and shows how traders and small enterprises balance new risks with the mobility afforded by digital technologies. An array of ethnic and generational politics h.
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Subject Business communication -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
Business communication.
Kenya -- Mombasa.
Artisans -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
Artisans.
Handicraft -- Technological innovations -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
Handicraft.
Technological innovations.
Digital communications -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
Digital communications.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Mahoney, Dillon, 1980- Art of connection. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520292871 (DLC) 2016030546 (OCoLC)953677953
ISBN 9780520966239 (electronic book)
0520966236 (electronic book)
9780520292871 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520292871 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780520292895 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0520292898 (paperback ; alkaline paper)