03041nam 2200433 450 991055808920332120230516234027.010.4102/aosis.2021.BK199(CKB)5840000000014592(NjHacI)995840000000014592(EXLCZ)99584000000001459220230516d2021 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfrica's digital future from theory to action /edited by Wilma Viviers, Ali Parry, Susara J. Jansen Van RensburgCape Town, South Africa :AOSIS,2021.1 online resource (xxxvii, 382 pages)Future of international trade and development1-77634-168-6 The main thrust of this book is to examine whether Africa is in a position to benefit from the digital age, given the continent's many development challenges and slow adoption of digital technologies. While there is substantial literature on the digital economy and the quickening pace of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), comparatively little research has been conducted on what the digital age means for Africa. This book aims to close this research gap by using various qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to arrive at a cross-section of original findings and perspectives on how Africa can capitalise on the benefits of digital developments, including their potential to create jobs and bring about more inclusive growth. The book's main contribution is its coverage of a range of topics that will affect Africa's digital future, including industrialisation, global value chains, transport and logistics, trade facilitation, labour-market dynamics, employment and education. The theme of digital trade forms a backdrop to many of the chapters, along with references to the COVID-19 pandemic. The book acknowledges that although African countries should learn from international best practices, they need to chart their own course according to their own particular circumstances. By adopting a digital mindset, countries should be able to diversify economically and extend their market reach across the continent. Furthermore, while Africa should be looking to the future and determining how digital technologies can become effective tools of sustainable development, the continent has much catching up to do.Future of international trade and development.Africa's digital future Information technologySocial aspectsDigital mediaSocial aspectsInformation technologySocial aspects.Digital mediaSocial aspects.303.4833Viviers WilmaParry AliVan Rensburg Susara J. JansenNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910558089203321Africa's digital future2985310UNINA01970nam 2200505 450 991079590000332120230119091712.00-2280-1377-110.1515/9780228013778(MiAaPQ)EBC6944697(Au-PeEL)EBL6944697(CKB)21459789200041(OCoLC)1310344237(DE-B1597)657029(DE-B1597)9780228013778(EXLCZ)992145978920004120230119d2020 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnplanned visitors queering the ethics and aesthetics of domestic space /Olivier VallerandMontreal :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2020]©20201 online resource (257 pages)Print version: Vallerand, Olivier Unplanned Visitors Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2020 9780228001843 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Public Privacy, Private Publicness -- Making Queer Space Theory Visible -- Living Pictures -- Perfect Homes/Queer Homes -- Expanded Territories -- Conclusion -- Figures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThe emergence of queer theory in architecture - and its potential for a renewed ethics of design.ArchitecturePhilosophyDomestic spaceHomosexuality and architectureArchitecturePhilosophy.Domestic space.Homosexuality and architecture.720.1Vallerand Olivier1981-1506191MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795900003321Unplanned visitors3736296UNINA