Mobilities, ICTs and marginality in Africa: comparative perspectives
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2016
TITLE AUTHOR(S): F.Nyamnjoh, I.Brudvig
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/mobilities-icts-and-marginality-in-africa
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9332
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9983
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9983
TITLE AUTHOR(S): F.Nyamnjoh, I.Brudvig
KEYWORDS: AFRICA, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/mobilities-icts-and-marginality-in-africa
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 9332
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/9983
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/9983
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Abstract
Mobility has become a prominent feature in African societies:.. Populations all over Africa are both mobile and politically and economically marginal Yet these populations are actively engaged in maintaining social networks across localities Mobilities, ICTs and Marginality in Africa looks at the dramatic changes brought about in socially marginal populations by new ICTs in general and mobile phones in particular. The book aims to situate the cultural, social and, in some cases, transnational context of ICT appropriation and virtual connectivity so as to reposition Africans from various countries and contexts as active agents of social change. The intricacies of local ICT use and the dynamics of mobility in the African context enables us to better understand material cultures, relationships between people, new media and social networking. Equally explored in relation to ICTs are the social and spatial dynamics of communication, association and belonging across spaces -. particularly physical borders, social boundaries and confines and possibilities informed by the habitus of bodies and practices Mobilities, ICTs and Marginality in Africa is rich in theoretically informed case studies that lend themselves to comparative perspectives and to ethnographies from beyond Africa.-
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