03559nam a22006015i 4500 978-3-031-62979-2 DE-He213 20251030112609.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240702s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031629792 978-3-031-62979-2 10.1007/978-3-031-62979-2 doi T14 HP bicssc TB bicssc SCI075000 bisacsh QD thema TB thema Ndasauka, Yamikani. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 79880 African Mind, Culture, and Technology [electronic resource] : Philosophical Perspectives / by Yamikani Ndasauka. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. XI, 185 p. 4 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter 1: Why African Philosophy of Technology? -- Chapter 2: Historical Origins of Technology in Africa -- Chapter 3: Decoding the Digital Revolution -- Chapter 4: Technologising Tradition or Traditionalising Technology? -- Chapter 5: Rethinking Technology Through African Philosophy -- Chapter 6: An African Social Constructivism of Technology -- Chapter 7: Harmonising Technology and Humanity through Ubuntu -- Chapter 8: The Spirits in the Machine -- Chapter 9: African Philosophy and the Quest for Just Technologies. This book provides a philosophical investigation of technology in Africa, articulating conceptual foundations and analyses rooted in African worldviews and communitarian values. It aims to spur discourse and understanding of how technology can be justly shaped for human advancement in Africa. Yamikani Ndasauka highlights the need to understand African conceptions of existence, ethics, and values as foundations for envisioning more humanistic technological applications. A historical contextualisation traces the layered origins of African technology philosophy in indigenous innovation, resistant adaptation of external systems, and creative fusion of endogenous and exogenous knowledge. The book develops African frameworks to assess and design technology in accord with human dignity and collective advancement. Yamikani Ndasauka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi. Technology Philosophy. 68026 Philosophy, African. 73515 Ethnology Africa. 66792 Culture. 59159 Artificial intelligence. 58441 Science Social aspects. 69032 Philosophy of Technology. 68027 African Philosophy. 73517 African Culture. 66793 Artificial Intelligence. 58441 Science and Technology Studies. 69033 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031629785 Printed edition: 9783031629808 Printed edition: 9783031629815 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62979-2 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 61271 61271