Kidzania: object lessons for children in consumer societies Kidzania is a multinational chain offering educational entertainment to children around the world. It is set up in a sort of theme park that recreates city life on a child’s scale. Is this ‘edutainment’ or ‘advertainment’? Andrea Cerda-Pereira • April 15, 2013
My days as a cyborg: how I (temporarily) became the Kenyan elections Between March 4 and 9 I lived in a vacuum. My sole companions were my laptop and my smartphone; together we merged into one grand news-consuming machine. Kenya was at the centre of my universe, the Kenyan elections my sole concern. Marlous van den Akker • April 14, 2013
Locating Futures: what do we do when the grass is greener on the other side? What is actually going on when we say that the future is happening here or there or somewhere else? Zane Kripe describes ethnographic encounters in Southeast Asia where people discuss where the future of technology and business is unfolding. Zane Kripe • April 14, 2013
