Disrupted Urbanism: Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities

Front Cover\nDisrupted Urbanism: Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities\nCopyright information\nDedication\nTable of contents\nList of figures\nList of abbreviations\nAcknowledgements\n1 Introduction: Fantasies, Hope and Compelling Narratives\n	Introduction\n	Thinking about disruption\n	The African smart city\n	The African city\n		Mobility\n		Food security\n		Digital platforms and social activism\n		Cultural practices and place making\n	Finally\n2 The Expansive Nature of Platforms\n	Introduction\n	Smart versus platform urbanism\n	Space, agency and platforms\n		Multidirectional agency and science and technology studies\n3 Hacking Mobility\n	Introduction\n	SafeBoda\n		Place, space and material considerations\n	Disruption from within\n	Relational disruption\n		How mobile platforms travel\n		Regulation vacuums and innovation\n	Conclusion\n4 Digital Food Dialogues\n	The travels of a banana\n	Food security in African cities\n	Optimizing the value chain: Twiga and Yebo Fresh\n	Food security across space: community action networks\n	Back to source: technology from above\n	Conclusion\n5 Cyborg Activism\n	Introduction\n	Cyborg activism in Cape Town, South Africa\n		NU and CTT: platform strategies for community mobilization\n	Knowledge generation as activism\n	Elevated perspectives\n	Conclusion\n6 Platform Practices and the Public Imagination\n	Introduction\n	On (re)claiming the public sphere and embracing citizenship in the everyday\n		MapKibera\n		Technology hubs\n		GoDown: hybrid terrains for social engagement, culture and community\n	Afrofuturism’s significance as a cultural practice\n		Afrofuturist urban futures: from utopia to the ‘go-slow’\n	Culture as repair and practice\n	Conclusion\n7 Conclusion: On Understanding Situated Platform Urbanism\n	Disrupted African cities: an introduction and a conclusion\n	The many textures of African platform urbanism\n		Space and place\n		Flow and connection\n		Governance and new regimes\n		Trust and continuity\n		Reflections on hybrid smart urbanism\n	On disruption and hopeful futures\nNotes\nReferences\nIndex