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Podcast: New Books in Anthropology
Episode: The Ideology of Innovation in India
Description: 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSupport our show by becoming a premium me...