afrigadget

solving everyday problems with African ingenuity    Yet another blog collecting instances of cultural appropriation of technology, in the case of ↑Afrigadget it’s a group-blog: “The purpose of Afrigadget is to showcase African ingenuity with technology. Many times Africans do not have access to the same quality tools or items that are found in other areas of the world. What is available to be used to solve problems or fix equipment can be wide and varied. You would be surprised at what can be made, fixed or created with bailing wire, inner-tubes and wood.” Afrigadget features not only high resolution … Continue reading

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bedford’s appropriation

the social organisation of craftsmen’s innovation in Sudan project by Prof. Dr. ↑Kurt Beck, Chair of Anthropology, University of Bayreuth    The glistening Sifinja [meaning “Sandal”, the local name for the modified Bedford TJ], after hundreds of thousands of kilometres still a blazing beauty. On the streets of Latin America, Asia, and Africa, richly decorated trucks are a common vista. Occassionally this has been noted, alas, the fact escaped that the trucks are not merely outwardly decorated, but are reconstructed from scratch up in extremely unorthodox fashions, and thereby are adjusted to local conditions and indigenous cultural orientations. Without any … Continue reading

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