Side@ways: Mobile Margins and the Dynamics of Communication in Africa - Couverture souple

 
9789956728763: Side@ways: Mobile Margins and the Dynamics of Communication in Africa
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9956728764 ISBN 13 : 9789956728763
Editeur : Langaa RPCID, 2013

Synopsis

Marginality does not mean isolation. In Africa where people are permanently on the move in search, inter alia, of a 'better elsewhere', marginality means disconnection to obvious possibilities and the invisibility of the myriad connections that make life possible for the ordinarily sidestepped. This book is about the workings of networks of the mobile in Africa, a continent usually associated with the 'global shadows' of the world. How do changes in the possibilities for communication, with the recent hype of mobile technology, influence the social and economic dynamics in Africa's mobile margins? To what extent is the freedom associated with new Information and Communication Technologies reality or disillusion for people dwelling in the margins? Are ordinary Africans increasingly Side@Ways? How social are these emergent Side@Ways? Contributions to answering these and related questions are harvested from ethnographic insights by team members of the WOTRO funded 'Mobile Africa revisited' research programme hosted by the African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.

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Éditeur
Langaa RPCID
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9956728764
ISBN 13 
9789956728763
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
210
Éditeur
De Bruijn Mirjam, Brinkman Inge, Nyamnjoh Francis
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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