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DSR & Cyber Sovereignty in Africa
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Module 2
Laclau & Mouffe: Articulating 'Cyber Sovereignty'
1
African Digital Governance Demands
Identify distinct demands from African states related to digital governance, such as economic development, regime stability, and data localization.
2
Cyber Sovereignty: Unifying Demands
Analyze how 'Cyber Sovereignty' is constructed as a nodal point to articulate these disparate demands into a unified discourse.
3
Cyber Sovereignty: An Empty Signifier
Demonstrate how 'Cyber Sovereignty' is emptied of specific content to function as an 'empty signifier' that accommodates diverse political interests.
4
Cyber Sovereignty: Unifying African Demands
Construct a 'chain of equivalence' to illustrate how the nodal point of 'Cyber Sovereignty' unifies the identified African demands.
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