practitioner-facing talks

invited talks (non-academic)

‘Reflections on strategies for shaping internet governance in conflict settings’. Emergency Telecommunications Cluster, United Nations, Rome (Nov 2019)

‘Anyone Anywhere: Narratives and practices in a Kenyan technology innovation hub’. Caribou Digital, Cotswolds, UK (Feb 2019)

‘Mapping social media in a humanitarian context’. Workshop on Social Media and Data Protection in Humanitarian Action, ICRC, Geneva (Jun 2019)

‘Communicating African entrepreneurial innovation’. Monthly Entrepreneurs’ Forum, iHub, Nairobi, Kenya (Jan 2019)

‘Introduction to Formulating a Research Plan’ - iHub Research Summer Data School, iHub, Nairobi (June 2016)

‘Ethnography for Applied Research & Policy’ - iHub Research Staff Lecture Series, Nairobi (May 2016)

conference presentations (non-academic)

‘Connectivity as aid’ panel, Follow the Sun: A Digital Launch of the Data Protection Handbook, ICRC, (virtual - Sept 2020) https://www.icrc.org/en/event/data-protection-handbook-launch ; here is a brief video promo of the event; here is a video of the whole panel

‘Cutting edge approaches to studying new media and technology policy’ Global conference for Media Freedom, FCO (London - Jul 2019)

Panel speaker: ‘Datafied Refuge: Navigating new digital borders for refugees in the city,’ RightsCon 2019, Tunis, Tunisia (Jun 13, 2019) https://rightscon2019.sched.com/event/PvhX

Panel speaker: ‘Does Social Media Deserve a Sin Tax? The Impact of Internet Service Levies on Human Rights and Sustainable Development in Africa',’ RightsCon 2019, Tunis, Tunisia (June 13, 2019) https://rightscon2019.sched.com/event/Pvrb

Panel speaker: ‘Strategically Litigating Internet Shutdowns and Cybercrime Laws in Africa: Reflecting on steps taken and the road ahead,’ RightsCon 2019, Tunis, Tunisia (June 12, 2019) https://rightscon2019.sched.com/event/Pvm5

academic-facing talks

keynotes

‘The Promise of Ethnographic Approaches to Applied Management Research’ - DBA-Africa Management Review International Conference (29 March 2016)

invited talks

‘Researching with African techies: Lessons from a digital ethnography with a community of Kenyan tech entrepreneurs’ Oxford Digital Ethnography Group (Oxford - May 22, 2019)

'‘Digital Methods in Legal Research: Harnessing digital media in qualitative work’ - Dr Lisa Webley’s Introduction to M.Phil/Ph.D. Legal Research Methods, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London (Jan 2019)

‘Communicating African entrepreneurship’ - Monthly Entrepreneurs’ Forum run by Professor Bitange Ndemo at the iHub Nairobi (Jan 2019)

‘Ethnographic methods’ - Dr Jiaying Liu’s Introduction to Research Methods, University of Georgia (November 2018)

‘The Lived Experiences of Technology Workers in Nairobi, Kenya’ - Dr Winifred Poster’s Virtual Money on a Global Scale, Washington University, St. Louis (November 2018)

‘Technology for, from, and by Africa: The emergence of Africa’s technology innovators’ - Africa Regional Council Lecture Series, - Dr Rosa de Jorio’s Sociocultural Anthropology, University of North Florida (March 2018)

‘Silicon Utopias: Preliminary Findings from a Year-Long Ethnography in Silicon Savannah’ - Visiting Scholar Lecture, Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, University of Southern California (January 2017)

‘Introduction to the Technology Start-up Ecosystem in Kenya’ - Lauder Institute, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (July 2016)

‘Introduction to Narratives about Technology Innovation in Kenya’ - Wharton MBA Program, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (July 2016)

‘Case Study: Internet Policy and Africa’ - Monroe Price’s The Internet, State Power, and Free Expression: Media Policy Evolution in a Global Context, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania (April 2015)

‘Qualitative Methods’ - iHub Research Summer Data School, iHub, Nairobi (June 2014)

‘Introduction to Mixed Methods Research’ iHub Research Summer Data School, iHub (June 2013)

conference presentations

'Panel speaker: ‘Documentary and Roundtable: Internet shutdowns in Africa’. Africa Center on Ethics, Technology & Africa Launch Event, Institute for Business Ethics, University of St Gallen, Switzerland (Jan 2020)

‘Policies and practices of internet connectivity efforts in African refugee camps’ DIPRC 2019: Digital Inclusion Policy and Research Conference 2019, University of Liverpool, London (18-19 June, 2019) https://easychair.org/smart-program/DIPRC2019/AboutDIPRC.html

‘Algorithmic Ethnography?: Insights from an experimental mixed-methods collaboration’ - Empirical and Socio-Legal Methods Workshop, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford (May 10, 2019) https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/programme_10_may.pdf

‘Communicating African entrepreneurship’ - GEONET Digital Economy Africa Conference, University of Johannesburg (March 27, 2019) https://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk/conference/

‘Afro Techno Visionaries: The Narrative Construction of Nairobi’s Technology Producers’ African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta (US Nov-Dec 2018)

‘Kenyan Tech Entrepreneurs and Narratives of Innovation’ Labour Tech Group Meeting (May 2018)

‘The Tangible Power of an Intangible Story: Narratives of technology, development and entrepreneurship policy in Kenya’ British Institute in Eastern Africa Graduate Conference, Nairobi, Kenya (October 2016)

‘Ethnographic Methods and the Importance of Examining Discourse to Understand the Construction of Meaning of New ICTs’ 1st Annual ICA Africa Regional Conference, Nairobi, Kenya (October 2016)

‘For Want of a Canon to Call Our Own: The challenge of Herbert Schiller’ International Communication Association (ICA), San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 2015)

‘Participatory Communication for Development and the Mythology of “Local Participation”: A case for a change of perspective from Nairobi’ International Association for Media and Communication Research, Montreal, Canada (July 2015)

‘Constitutional Legitimacy and the Dimensions of Participatory Constitution-Making’ presented with Devra C Moehler, American Political Science Association, Washington DC, US (August 2014)

‘The Geography of Technology Creation: An Ethnographic Look at Two Technology Communities’ 1st Annual Annenberg Graduate Student Symposium, Philadelphia, US (April 2014)

‘Power and the Programmer: A deconstruction of the dynamics of power and influence at Kenyan technology business incubators’ Information Communication Technology and Development Pre-Conference, Cape Town, South Africa (December 2013)

moderator/chair

‘Media Policy in a Time of Crisis,’ speaker: Victor Pickard, PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar Series, University of Oxford (Jun 2020) (video available here)

‘The craigslist ethic: A web 1.0 vision of online democracy,’ speaker: Jessa Lingel, PCMLP Global Media Policy Seminar Series, University of Oxford (Mar 2020) (video available here)

‘Connectivity in Conflict: Building a safe and responsible internet for emergency response’. Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, University of Oxford (Aug 2019)

‘Media and Migration: Lessons learned from connectivity in displacement contexts’ Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, University of Oxford (Aug 2019)

‘Transnational Activism in Historical Perspective’ panel section chair, African Studies Association, Atlanta, US (December 2018)

‘Unpacking mobile development’ Ubiquity, Mobility, Globality: Charting directions in mobile phone studies panel moderator, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US (November 2014)

Moderated multiple session during 1st Annual Annenberg Graduate Student Symposium, moderator, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US (April 2013)