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13. From Permacomputing to Agbogbloshie
Digital growth is often depicted by mainstream Western media as weightless and immaterial, beliefs reinforced by capitalistic tropes embedded in sociotechnical processes of chip miniaturisation, technological pervasiveness, and seamlessness. Among these tropes lies the metaphor of the “cloud”, used by tech corporations to obfuscate the material and ...
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On translation: Problematisation, demolition and dispossession in Agbogbloshie, Ghana
Environment and Planning E: Nature and SpaceIn this study, I draw on Callon's four moments of translation, that is, problematisation, interessement, enrolment and mobilisation, to trace how Agbogbloshie was translated from a hub of livelihood, trade, and e-waste work into a problem space for which decongestion, demolition and peripheral relocation were constructed as obligatory passage points ...
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Environmental Injustice and Electronic Waste in Ghana: Challenges and Recommendations. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023 Njoku A +5 more
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The informal paradox: electronic waste and the toxic circular economy in Ghana
npj Urban SustainabilityDecarbonization and the circular economy are heralded as sustainable pathways to address climate change, but their consequences in the Global South are often overlooked. Countries like Ghana face significant environmental and health challenges because of
Brandon Marc Finn +2 more
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Journal of Health and Pollution, 2013 Background. Ghana is one of several West African countries receiving high volumes of used electric and electronic equipment and waste. Within the capital city of Accra, one scrapyard has been the site of extensive e-waste handling, processing and ...
Jack Caravanos, DrPH, CIH +3 more
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From the Cloud to Agbogbloshie: The Case of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform and Akwasi Bediako Afrane’s TRONS [PDF]
This contribution sheds light on discarded electronics repair in Accra, Ghana. After placing these practices in dialogue with the Western and Eurocentric narratives around the materiality of digital interactions and infrastructure, it delves into two ...
Khalatbari, Cyrus
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Dietary patterns among adults in three low-income urban communities in Accra, Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Kushitor SB +3 more
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Decoding the Logics behind the Demolition and Redevelopment of Agbogbloshie Scrapyard, Accra, Ghana
GeoforumGrounded in the theoretical lens of urban revanchism (Smith, 1996), this inquiry sheds light on the continuous marginalization of informal e-waste workers by revanchist forces in emerging economies like Ghana. Urban revanchism refers to the forceful reclamation of urban spaces from specific marginalized groups.
Akwasi Owusu Sarpong +2 more
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From Europe, to the Agbogbloshie Scrapyard
, 2018 The challenge of sound e-waste treatment is something that is a global concern when relating to good business practices, safe working conditions, information security and environment. This research applies a holistic view of the illegal trade of e-waste from Europe to Ghana by aiming to highlight some of its drivers.
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, 2009 Agbogbloshie is a densely populated informal settlement in Accra, known for its e-waste recycling economy. High youth unemployment persists despite various interventions, with limited research on the role of vocational training in emerging green sectors within such contexts.
Adjei, Ama Serwaa, Asante, Kwame
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