| Title | 10. The division of biometric labour: |
|---|---|
| Subtitle | Relations of production in African voter-identification technologies |
| Contributor | Cecilia Passanti(author) |
| Landing page | https://www.matteringpress.org/books/technoscientific-globalisation-from-below |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Cecilia Passanti |
| Publisher | Mattering Press |
| Published on | 2025-09-08 |
| Page range | pp. 272–297 |
| Print length | 26 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Media | 4 illustrations |
CecilIa Passanti holds a PhD in science, technology, and society (STS) at Université Paris Cité and is an associate researcher at the Center for Population and Development (CEPED). Her thesis, titled ‘Les infrastructures numériques du vote en Afrique. Biométrie, machines à voter et marchands de démocratie au Kenya et au Sénégal’, is a study of election technologies and biometrics in Africa. Using ethnographic, historical, and sociological methods, she explores new forms of international and industrial govern- ance of public participation and citizenship. She has recently published ‘The (Un)making of Electoral Transparency through Technology: The 2017 Kenyan Presidential Election Controversy’ (Social Studies of Science 2022), and ‘Contesting the Electoral Register during the 2019 Elections in Senegal. Why Allegations of Fraud Did Not End with the Introduction of Biometrics’ (Francia 2021).