Keith Breckenridge

Keith Breckenridge

University of the Witwatersrand

H-index: 21

Africa-South Africa

About Keith Breckenridge

Keith Breckenridge, With an exceptional h-index of 21 and a recent h-index of 16 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of the Witwatersrand, specializes in the field of History, South Africa, Biometrics, States, Gold Mining.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The measure of mistrust: African artisanal gold mining and the geopolitics of the barbarous relic

Rights and Ethics in Biometric Population Registration: Mapping the Limits of Digital Recognition and the Drivers of Exclusion

The global ambitions of the biometric anti-bank: Net1, lockin and the technologies of African financialisation

Documentary government and mathematical identification: On the theoretical significance of African biometric government

What happened to the theory of African capitalism?

Recentring the margins: theorizing African capitalism after 50 years

Intellectual and cultural work in times of austerity: Introduction

Capitalism without Surveillance?

Keith Breckenridge Information

University

Position

WISER

Citations(all)

1940

Citations(since 2020)

917

Cited By

1318

hIndex(all)

21

hIndex(since 2020)

16

i10Index(all)

28

i10Index(since 2020)

19

Email

University Profile Page

University of the Witwatersrand

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Keith Breckenridge Skills & Research Interests

History

South Africa

Biometrics

States

Gold Mining

Top articles of Keith Breckenridge

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The measure of mistrust: African artisanal gold mining and the geopolitics of the barbarous relic

Available at SSRN 4656987

Keith Breckenridge

2023/12/7

Rights and Ethics in Biometric Population Registration: Mapping the Limits of Digital Recognition and the Drivers of Exclusion

Available at SSRN 4647719

Romesh Silva

Keith Breckenridge

Sofia Gruskin

Jonathan Klaaren

2023/10/9

The global ambitions of the biometric anti-bank: Net1, lockin and the technologies of African financialisation

Keith Breckenridge

2021/6/29

Documentary government and mathematical identification: On the theoretical significance of African biometric government

Keith Breckenridge

2021/5/9

What happened to the theory of African capitalism?

Economy and Society

Keith Breckenridge

2021/1/2

Recentring the margins: theorizing African capitalism after 50 years

Economy and Society

Keith Breckenridge

Deborah James

2021/1/2

Intellectual and cultural work in times of austerity: Introduction

Africa

Emma Park

Derek R Peterson

Anne Pitcher

Keith Breckenridge

2021/8

Capitalism without Surveillance?

Development and Change

Keith Breckenridge

2020/5/19

International African Institute Institut Africain International

Revue de l’Institut Africain International

Wale Adebanwi

Julie Archambault

Maxim Bolt

Benjamin Soares

Karin Barber

...

2020/11

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Co-Authors

H-index: 35
Simon Szreter

Simon Szreter

University of Cambridge

H-index: 28
Martin Veller

Martin Veller

University of the Witwatersrand

H-index: 24
Derek R. Peterson

Derek R. Peterson

University of Michigan-Dearborn

H-index: 21
Jonathan Klaaren

Jonathan Klaaren

University of the Witwatersrand

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