TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP-FROGGING IN THE CONGO BASIN, PYGMIES AND GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS IN CENTRAL AFRICA: WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHERE IS IT GOING?

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• It is surprising that many Pygmy hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin,though unable to read the numbers on banknotes or write their own names, have begun touse handheld computers attached to global positioning systems (GPS). In describing thisremarkable case of technological leap-frogging I will summarise the historical context thatled to this situation, followed by a survey of the different uses that Pygmies are putting theGPS to in Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic ofCongo and Gabon. What are the reasons for this sudden technological engagement and whathas it made possible?

• 2012-03-01

著者

• Jerome Lewis

  Department Of Anthropology University College London

• LEWIS Jerome

  Department of Anthropology, University College London

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