Amadu Wurie Khan

Amadu Wurie KhanAmadu Wurie Khan was Research Associate in the AHRC funded ‘Connected Communities’ Community Hacking and Web2.0’ project at the University of Edinburgh. He is currently reviewing the social design and functionality issues around co-production of the Digital Sentinel newspaper, which is one of the community-generated digital outputs of the project. His research interests include the sociology and ethnography of the design and applications of digital media and public artwork by and among ‘disadvantaged’ communities.

Publications

Exploring “Hacking,” Digital Public Art, and Implication for Contemporary Governance
Exploring “Hacking,” Digital Public Art, and Implication for Contemporary Governance
Amadu Wurie Khan, Chris Speed. © 2019. 16 pages.
This chapter considers the hypothesis that the online (internet) “hacking” concept has applications for community life and processes of sharing memories and identity, and...
Exploring “Hacking,” Digital Public Art, and Implication for Contemporary Governance
Exploring “Hacking,” Digital Public Art, and Implication for Contemporary Governance
Amadu Wurie Khan, Chris Speed. © 2018. 15 pages.
The Internet, National Citizenship, and the “Sovereignty Paradox”: Asylum-Seeking Migrants' Political Agency and “Technologized” Citizenship
The Internet, National Citizenship, and the “Sovereignty Paradox”: Asylum-Seeking Migrants' Political Agency and “Technologized” Citizenship
Amadu Wurie Khan. © 2016. 25 pages.
This chapter explores the potential of the Internet for asylum seekers'/refugees' political agency and for challenging the boundaries of national citizenship and state...
The Internet, National Citizenship, and the “Sovereignty Paradox”: Asylum-Seeking Migrants' Political Agency and “Technologized” Citizenship
The Internet, National Citizenship, and the “Sovereignty Paradox”: Asylum-Seeking Migrants' Political Agency and “Technologized” Citizenship
Amadu Wurie Khan. © 2014. 25 pages.
This chapter explores the potential of the Internet for asylum seekers'/refugees' political agency and for challenging the boundaries of national citizenship and state...