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Discussion of Miller’s ‘Value and the Jamaican Mobile Phone’
I’ve just stumbled upon this discussion of Daniel Miller’s (with Heather Horst) ethnography of mobile phones in Jamaica, The Cell Phone (Berg, 2006). It took place at Exeter University (UK) on 1...
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New bibliography of online worlds and social networking
I’ve just put together a list of readings for my new module at Sheffield Hallam University, Online Worlds and Social Networking. In Part One we explore and analyse a number of online worlds (game...
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Sentient Rotterdam Workshop – 6 Nov 2009
via Mobile City blog On Friday Nov 6th The Mobile City organizes the Sentient Rotterdam Workshop, in collaboration with Mark Shepard. The workshop takes place as part of the Connectivity Program at the...
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The magic of mobile phones?
via The Knowledge Network [with thanks to Katrien Pype for the tip-off] Are mobile phones the modern equivalent of Jack’s magic beans, bringing health, wealth and happiness wherever they are scattered?...
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Mobile phones: a bibliography
References on the Mobile phones (and the use of ICTs when travelling and in public spaces) by Leslie Haddon, Media@LSE [link] Last updated: 25th December 2011 *= Updated 18th December 2010 ** = Updated...
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Researching mobile phones in Mozambique
Archambault, J.S. (2009). Being cool or being good: researching mobile phones in Mozambique, Anthropology Matters, Vol 11, No 2, [link] Abstract Drawing on my fieldwork experience in Inhambane,...
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Anthropological studies of mobile phones
By Francisco Osorio Our main question is what anthropological studies of mobile phones can be found in a literature review. For that reason we used three peer review journals databases: Abstract in...
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Jonathan Donner on the mobile internet and its limitations
I’m on the train back from an excellent doctoral workshop and conference on mobile telephony in the developing world organised by Laura Stark and colleagues at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland)...
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Mobile phones and actual changes in the global South
Presentation notes from Postill, J. 2013. Mobile phones and actual changes (big and small) in the global South: a preliminary exploration. Keynote address to the Mobile Telephony in the Developing...
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Mobile ensembles: The uses of mobile phones for social protest by Spain’s...
To cite: Monterde, A. and J. Postill forthcoming 2013. Mobile ensembles: The uses of mobile phones for social protest by Spain’s indignados. In G. Goggin and L. Hjorth (eds.) Routledge Companion to...
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