In Kenya, the terms dotcom and digital have become popular descriptors for particular periods of change, as well as for modes of being. The two terms’ usage extends beyond reference to the age of the Internet or to encounters with new technologies. Rather, the dotcom and the digital—in different ways and in different decades—enable Kenyans to imagine with and through time. Using extensive ethnographic research and reflecting on pop music, TV advertising, and streetscapes, we explore how, for many Kenyans the dotcom and the digital are tools for making sense of the times in which they live. Drawing on the work of Paul Ricoeur, we tease apart what it means to be dotcom and digital in Kenya, exploring how experiences of time are also projects of self-making and critical intervention.

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互联网和数字

在肯尼亚，网络和数字这两个术语已成为特定变化时期以及存在模式的流行描述词。这两个术语的使用超出了对互联网时代或新技术的引用范围。相反，网络和数字时代——以不同的方式和不同的年代——使肯尼亚人能够随着时间的推移进行想象。通过广泛的民族志研究和对流行音乐、电视广告和街景的反思，我们探讨了对于许多肯尼亚人来说，网络和数字是如何理解他们所生活的时代的工具。借鉴 Paul Ricoeur 的作品，我们梳理了肯尼亚的网络和数字化意味着什么，探索时间体验如何也是自我创造和批判性干预的项目。