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‘Human ATMs’: M-Pesa and the expropriation of affective work in Safaricom's
Kenya
Park, Emma
Africa (London. 1928), 2020-11, Vol.90 (5), p.914-933
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
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Título:
‘Human ATMs’: M-Pesa and the expropriation of affective work in Safaricom's
Kenya
Autor:
Park, Emma
Assuntos:
Accumulation
;
Affect (Psychology)
;
Austere labour and fragile health
;
Automation
;
Communications industry
;
Designers
;
EFTS
;
Electricity
;
Electricity distribution
;
Electronic funds transfer systems
;
Expropriation
;
Feminism
;
Financial inclusion
;
Financial services
;
Financial services industry
;
Habits
;
Humans
;
Innovations
;
Labor
;
Labor relations
;
Marxism
;
Politics
;
Psychological aspects
;
Services
;
Social aspects
;
Social networks
;
Software as a service
;
Success
;
Telecommunications
;
Telecommunications industry
;
Telecommunications services industry
;
Work
É parte de:
Africa (London. 1928), 2020-11, Vol.90 (5), p.914-933
Descrição:
This article explores the austere labour regime of Safaricom – Kenya's largest telecommunications firm and financial services provider – from the perspective of the women and men who work as ‘human ATMs’ for Safaricom's breakout service, M-Pesa. Far from women and men simply acting as ATMs, I argue that the affective and social labour of these people working at sites across the country constitutes a form of maintenance work that, while essentially free in Safaricom's accounts, critically underwrites the success of M-Pesa and Safaricom. In making this argument, I draw on the insights of feminist political theorist Nancy Fraser, who has pushed Marx's key insight that behind the sphere of exchange lies the ‘hidden abode’ of production. In contrast, Fraser argues that behind the ‘hidden abode’ of production lie domains more hidden still that constitute the ‘backstory’ of contemporary forms of accumulation. I argue that the work of ‘human ATMs’ constitutes both the ‘front story’ and the ‘backstory’ of contemporary modes of accumulation unfolding in Kenya. Their labour is formally exploited while broader forms of work required to build and maintain the social and material networks on which Safaricom depends are expropriated, forming the basis of new frontiers of accumulation. This process is mirrored in Safaricom's contemporary business strategy, which is premised on enclosing people's everyday habits and social networks in their digital forms as sites of innovation and market-making.
Editor:
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Idioma:
Inglês;Francês;Alemão
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