Description |
1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
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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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Business communication -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
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Business communication. |
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Kenya -- Mombasa. |
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Artisans -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
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Artisans. |
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Handicraft -- Technological innovations -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
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Handicraft. |
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Technological innovations. |
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Digital communications -- Kenya -- Mombasa.
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Digital communications. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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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) |
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0520966236 (electronic book) |
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9780520292871 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520292871 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520292895 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0520292898 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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