TY - BOOK ID - 80838005 TI - The Art of Connection : Risk, Mobility, and the Crafting of Transparency in Coastal Kenya PY - 2017 SN - 9780520966239 0520966236 9780520292871 0520292871 9780520292895 0520292898 PB - Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Business communication KW - Artisans KW - Handicraft KW - Digital communications KW - Communications, Digital KW - Digital transmission KW - Pulse communication KW - Digital electronics KW - Pulse techniques (Electronics) KW - Telecommunication KW - Digital media KW - Signal processing KW - Crafts (Handicrafts) KW - Handcraft KW - Occupations KW - Decorative arts KW - Manual training KW - Sloyd KW - Artizans KW - Craftsmen KW - Craftspeople KW - Craftspersons KW - Skilled labor KW - Cottage industries KW - Administrative communication KW - Communication, Administrative KW - Communication, Business KW - Communication, Industrial KW - Industrial communication KW - Communication KW - Technological innovations KW - Digital techniques KW - africa. KW - african history. KW - african. KW - art. KW - artisans. KW - communication. KW - connection. KW - development. KW - digital business. KW - digital technology. KW - digital world. KW - economy. KW - fair trade. KW - global economy. KW - globalization. KW - grief. KW - kenya. KW - loss. KW - market space. KW - market. KW - mobility. KW - ngo. KW - online. KW - real life. KW - risk assessment. KW - risk. KW - technology. KW - true story. KW - vending. KW - vendor. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80838005 AB - The Art of Connection narrates the individual stories of artisans and traders of Kenyan arts and crafts as they overcome the loss of physical access to roadside market space by turning to new digital technologies to make their businesses more mobile and integrated into the global economy. Bringing together the studies of globalization, development, art, and communication, the book illuminates the lived experiences of informal economies and shows how traders and small enterprises balance new risks with the mobility afforded by digital technologies. An array of ethnic and generational politics have led to market burnings and witchcraft accusations as Kenya's crafts industry struggles to adapt to its new connection to the global economy. To mediate the resulting crisis of trust, the Fair Trade sticker and other NGO aesthetics continue to successfully represent a transparent, ethical, and trusting relationship between buyer and producer. Dillon Mahoney shows that by balancing revelation and obfuscation-what is revealed and what is not-Kenyan art traders make their own roles as intermediaries and the exploitative realities of the global economy invisible. ER -