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The Ideology of Innovation in India
The Ideology of Innovation in India
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68 minutes
Released:
Jan 17, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Science and Technologies scholar Lilly Irani talks her book, Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India, with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel. Irani’s work examines the ideological role that ideas of “innovation” and “entrepreneurship” have played in India and the people who are left behind by such visions. Irani and Vinsel also discuss her other work and activism focusing on the politics of the Bay Area in California, including organization against the digital technology industry.
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Released:
Jan 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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