Section C
C06
Research Area
Sociology / Transregional Studies
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“Off the Grid”: Infrastructures, Processes of Spatialization, and Drones in Africa

Starting from the rapid proliferation of the civil use of drones, the project enquires about the scopes of action that emerge from the development, the use, and the practical appropriation of new technical infrastructures in Africa. It also analyses the societal consequences as well as the spatial formats that are engaged, appropriated, and possibly modified. Drones are complex technical systems that link up territorialized and non-territorialized spatial formats. This occurs due to the technologically new visual opening of spaces through which new elements and methods of spatial imaginations are provided.

Team

Principal Investigator

Prof. Dr. Marian
Burchardt

Universität Leipzig
Institut für Soziologie
Beethovenstraße 15
Room 4107
04107 Leipzig
Tel: +49 – (0) 341 97 35 661

Phone: +49 341 97-35661
Former Member

Dr. Rene
Umlauf

Researcher

Dr. Edwin Ambani
Ameso

Universität Leipzig
SFB 1199
Room 5.08
Strohsackpassage
Nikolaistraße 6–10, 5th Floor
04109 Leipzig
Tel: +49 – (0) 341 97 37 743

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