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Janet is prematurely obsolete

How metallurgists of West African origin in Jamaica (free, enslaved, Maroon) helped spark the industrial revolution. Their innovation to reuse iron was ripped off and patented by an embezzling Briton: theguardian.com/science/2023/j

The original article by Jenny Bulstrode (UCL) is quite a read, deep historical and cultural detail at each point of the Atlantic triangle tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10

#STS #Jamaica #History #Africa #colonialism #copyright #innovation

13 Jul 2023 at 9:25 | Open on weirder.earth
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Janet is prematurely obsolete

I have been thinking about this non-stop since I read about it last week. I should write a blog post or something but my head is too messed up today.

13 Jul 2023 at 9:27 | Open on weirder.earth
Janet is prematurely obsolete

So I finally wrote this: “Tropical luddism”. Includes my translation of an apt Machado de Assis quote, where he “listens in” to a conversation between two donkeys pulling street cars.

janetgunter.net/tropical-luddi

#Luddism #SlaveRevolt #Copyright #Innovation

20 Jul 2023 at 9:19 | Open on weirder.earth
GnomeBones🏴‍☠️⬛🟥

@janet I heard this on the radio a few days ago, maybe it was a snippet from a BBC podcast advert... Interesting I'm a boost it!

13 Jul 2023 at 9:28 | Open on toot.wales
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