Ravtosh Bal
Biographic Data
| ID | 5899197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ravtosh Bal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ravtosh |
| FAMILY NAME | Bal |
| SIGNATURE | BAL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5346-0543 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Memories and Motherhood in the Rhythms of Ugandan Computing
Based on ethnographic research in the computing communities of Ugandan universities, we advance a feminist and decolonial critique of the dominant chronopolitics of globalizing technologies. Our analysis starts with participants recounting their childhood memories of growing up in rural poverty under the shadow of rebellion wars. We show how the future promises of computing make sense in reference to this past. The same chronopolitics of pitching…
Mapping computer science research in Africa
Situating science in Africa
Since the turn of the century, both Kampala and Nairobi have experienced a dramatic growth of computer science research, challenging accepted views of science in Africa. We deploy qualitative methods to follow active computer science researchers, graduate students, policy makers, administrators and entrepreneurs, in order to understand how computer science is enacted in these two cities. Our analysis focuses on four interrelated areas of labor, i…
The Rise of Computing Research in East Africa
The Rise of Computing Research in East Africa
Situating science in Africa
Since the turn of the century, both Kampala and Nairobi have experienced a dramatic growth of computer science research, challenging accepted views of science in Africa. We deploy qualitative methods to follow active computer science researchers, graduate students, policy makers, administrators and entrepreneurs, in order to understand how computer science is enacted in these two cities. Our analysis focuses on four interrelated areas of labor, i…
The Rise of Computing Research in East Africa
Situating science in Africa
Since the turn of the century, both Kampala and Nairobi have experienced a dramatic growth of computer science research, challenging accepted views of science in Africa. We deploy qualitative methods to follow active computer science researchers, graduate students, policy makers, administrators and entrepreneurs, in order to understand how computer science is enacted in these two cities. Our analysis focuses on four interrelated areas of labor, i…
Mapping computer science research in Africa
Memories and Motherhood in the Rhythms of Ugandan Computing
Based on ethnographic research in the computing communities of Ugandan universities, we advance a feminist and decolonial critique of the dominant chronopolitics of globalizing technologies. Our analysis starts with participants recounting their childhood memories of growing up in rural poverty under the shadow of rebellion wars. We show how the future promises of computing make sense in reference to this past. The same chronopolitics of pitching…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · ICT in Developing Communities (2 works) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (2 works) · Online Learning and Analytics (2 works) · Politics (2 works)