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Cultures of Innovation of the African Poor: On the Articulation of Multiple Modernities in African Societies and African Diasporas in Latin America

Cultures d'innovation des pauvres d'Afrique: origines communs, traits conjoints, perspectives enchainés? Sur l'articulation des modernités multiples dans les sociétés africaines et les diasporas noires en Amérique latine
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Kohnert, Dirk

Abstract

The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas in ... view more

The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas in Latin America, cultures of innovation largely accrue from the informal, not the formal sector. Crucial for their proper understanding is a threefold structural differentiation: between the formal and informal sector, within the informal sector, according to class, gender or religion, and between different transnational social spaces. Different innovation cultures may be complementary, mutually reinforcing, or conflicting, leading in extreme cases even to a 'clash of cultures' at the local level. The repercussions of competing, even antagonistic agencies of innovative strategic groups are demonstrated, analyzing the case of the African poor in Benin and the African Diasporas of Brazil and Haiti.... view less


La culture occidentale globalisée de l'innovation, telle que propagée par les grandes institutions d'aide, ne conduit pas nécessairement à l'autonomisation ou l'amélioration du bien-être des parties prenantes. Au contraire, souvent il barre le développement des cultures d'innovation indigènes viable... view more

La culture occidentale globalisée de l'innovation, telle que propagée par les grandes institutions d'aide, ne conduit pas nécessairement à l'autonomisation ou l'amélioration du bien-être des parties prenantes. Au contraire, souvent il barre le développement des cultures d'innovation indigènes viables. Dans les sociétés africaines et de la diaspora africaine en Amérique latine, les cultures d'innovation profitent largement du secteur informel au détriment du secteur formel. Crucial pour leur bonne compréhension est une différenciation structurelle triple: entre le secteur formel et informel, dans le secteur informel selon la classe, le sexe ou la religion, et entre les différents espaces sociaux transnationaux. Cultures d'innovation différents peuvent être complémentaires, se renforçant mutuellement, ou contradictoires, conduisant dans les cas extrêmes, même à un «collision des cultures» au niveau local. Les répercussions de la concurrence, même des actions antagonistes des groupes stratégiques innovantes sont mises en évidence, en analysant le cas des pauvres d'Afrique au Bénin et les diasporas africaines du Brésil et de Haïti.... view less

Keywords
Africa South of the Sahara; diaspora; Latin America; Brazil; Haiti; poverty; cultural identity; religion; ethnicity; globalization; cultural change; empowerment; glocalization; innovation

Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology

Free Keywords
Innovationskulturen; Multiple Modernities; Black Diaspora

Collection Title
Auf dem Boden der Tatsachen: Festschrift für Thomas Bierschenk

Editor
Schareika, Nikolaus; Spies, Eva; LeMeur, Pierre-Yves

Document language
English

Publication Year
2011

Publisher
Köppe

City
Köln

Page/Pages
p. 241-262

Series
Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung, 28

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.921535

ISBN
978-3-89645-828-5

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0


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