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This talk uses the physical infrastructure of the Internet as an entry point for a discussion of how contemporary knowledge infrastructure shapes imagination and possibilities. Considering the geopolitics at play in every level of network architecture, it explores the implications of thousands of small technical decisions for what is thinkable in the contemporary knowledge environment. Drawing on time spent with the crew of the Leon Thevenin, Africa’s only dedicated oceanic fiber optic repair vessel, it humanizes the work of building, maintaining and expanding knowledge networks across divided political geographies. It poses critical questions of consideration regarding the knowledge that we have, the knowledge that we want, and who this knowledge is designed to serve.
