{"product_id":"9783032335869","title":"Tech Imaginaries Energy Crisis and Everyday Life in South Africa’s Silicon Cape","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTech Imaginaries\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEnergy Crisis and Everyday Life in South Africa’s Silicon Cape\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKaren Waltorp | Asnath Paula Kambunga\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis book interrogates everyday implications of digital developments in times of profound energy crises\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eand transition to renewable energy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e in South Africa, mapping interrelated controversies. Drawing on more than two decades of ethnographic research on the Cape Flats on the outskirts of Cape Town, the book analyses what digital infrastructures and technologies do for- and to- people in this (former) township area on the \u003cs\u003e2 \u003c\/s\u003eCape Flats, and how this is related to \u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eenergy \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003ein a myriad of ways. The authors empirically demonstrate how technologies emerge in, and with, societies and people’s everyday practices, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ebuilding on fieldwork with households and local tech start-ups. They \u003c\/span\u003estak\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ee\u003c\/span\u003e a claim for centering \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003esituated, everyday (work) lives and the innovation emerging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003efrom the Cape Flats \u003c\/span\u003ein debates about \u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003ejust\u003c\/span\u003e digital and energy futures \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eat a time where energy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esystem\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003es\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e changing at rapid pace and scale\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKaren Waltorp is Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her expertise is in the anthropology of technology, anthropology of energy, visual and digital anthropology, and gender and minority studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAsnath Paula Kambunga is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is an interdisciplinary researcher interested in how people use digital technologies in their everyday lives, develop technologies to address social problems, and in co-designed technologies that amplify marginal voices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 November 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032335869\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043026206860,"sku":"9783032335869","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032335869.jpg?v=1782525469","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032335869","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}