[STS-Africa] Fwd: Seminar "technological globalization from below" - Reimagining Money

[Mathieu Quet]

Dear colleagues,



The next session of the online seminar *Technological globalization from
below* will be held on *26**th** October 2022, 2 pm-3.30 pm* (Paris time).
We will welcome *Sibel Kusimba (Dept of Anthropology, University of South
Florida)* for a presentation titled:



‘*Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution’*



*Abstract*: Technology is rapidly changing the way we think about money.
Digital payment has been slow to take off in the United States but is
displacing cash in countries as diverse as China, Kenya, and Sweden.
In this talk Sibel Kusimba will discuss her book *Reimagining Money.* The
rise of M-Pesa has changed the economic and social landscape, allowing
users to create webs of relationships as they exchange, pool, borrow, lend,
and share digital money in user-built networks. These networks, Kusimba
argues, will shape the future of financial technologies and their impact on
poverty, inclusion, and empowerment. In this talk she will describe how
urban and transnational migrants maintain a presence in rural areas through
money gifts; how families use crowdfunding software to assemble donations
for emergency medical care; and how new financial groups invest in real
estate and fund weddings.  The negative impact of these new imperatives and
costs will also be discussed.



We look forward to seeing you.

*Join Zoom Meeting on 26th October 2022, 2 pm-3.30 pm*
https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/87067698652?pwd=UTA3d2NuRi9Tc0lZd3BtdkJmSWx6dz09
Meeting ID: 870 6769 8652
Passcode: 380008



The organizing team : Javed Mohammad ALAM, Henry CHAVEZ, Mariana GAMEIRO,
Mahamat Nour Moussa ILYASS, Koichi KAMEDA, Cecilia PASSANTI, Jessica
POURRAZ, Mathieu QUET, Yves-Marie RAULT-CHODANKAR, Thibaut SERVIANT-FINE,
Aamod UTPAL


*Seminar Yearly Program (Paris time)*

· 28th September 2022, 10 am-11.30 am: *Off-grid Electrification Futures in
Africa and the Burning Questions *– Festus Boamah (Dept of Geography,
Universität Bayreuth)

· 26th October 2022, 2 pm-3.30 pm: *Reimagining Money: Kenya in the Digital
Finance Revolution* – Sibel Kusimba (Dept of Anthropology, University of
South Florida)

· 30th November 2022, 5 pm-6.30 pm: *A (Future) Ecology of History:
Modified Mosquitoes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil* – Luisa Reis-Castro (Dept of
Anthropology, University of Southern California)

· 25th January 2023, 10 am-11.30 am: *The international trade of e-waste* –
Joshua Lepawsky (Dept of Geography, Memorial University)

· 22nd February 2023, 10am-11.30 am: *Value and values in global
pharmaceutical markets *– Stefan Ecks (School of Social and Political
Science, University of Edinburgh)

· 29th March 2023, 2 pm-3.30 pm: *Bananapocalypse *– Alyssa Paredes (Dept
of Anthropology, University of Michigan)

· 26th April 2023, 5 pm-7 pm: *Atomic knowledges* - Abena Dove Osseo-Asare
(Dept of History, University of Texas)

· 26th May 2023, 10.30 pm-12 pm: *Matière Grise de l’Urbain. La vie du
ciment en Afrique* – Armelle Choplin (Dépt de géographie et environnement,
Université de Genève)



The seminar is hosted by the CEPED (Université Paris Cité/IRD) as part of
the Global Research Institute of Paris (GRIP) activity.

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