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Subversion, Conversion, Development

by Verran, Helen , Wilson, Lee , Lewis, Jerome , Christie, Michael , Leach, James , Nafus, Dawn , Turnbull, David , Bala, Poline , Blackwell, Alan F , Watts, Laura , Chambers, Wade , Diemberger, Hildegard , Hugh-Jones, Stephen , Petersen, Gregers , Strathern, Marilyn

in Anthropology & Archaeology / Case studies / Community development / Community development-Case studies / Computers and civilization / Economics / General Science / Information technology / Information technology-Social aspects / Internet and Indigenous peoples / Science, Technology & Society / Social aspects / Social Sciences / Technological innovation / Technological innovations / Technological innovations-Social aspects / Technology / Trade & Development

2014

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Subversion, Conversion, Development

Verran, Helen,

Wilson, Lee,

Lewis, Jerome,

Christie, Michael,

Leach, James,

Nafus, Dawn,

Turnbull, David,

Bala, Poline,

Blackwell, Alan F,

Watts, Laura,

Chambers, Wade,

Diemberger, Hildegard,

Hugh-Jones, Stephen,

Petersen, Gregers,

Strathern, Marilyn

2014

Overview

This book explores alternative cultural encounters with and around information technologies. These encounters are alternative because they counter dominant, Western-oriented notions of media consumption; they include media practices as forms of cultural resistance and subversion, \"DIY cultures,\" and other nonmainstream models of technology production. The contributors -- leading thinkers in science and technology studies, anthropology, and software design -- pay special attention to the specific inflections that different cultures and communities give to the value of knowledge. The richly detailed accounts presented here challenge the dominant view of knowledge as a neutral good -- information available for representation and encoding but separated from all social relations. The chapters examine specific cases in which the forms of knowledge and cross-cultural encounters are shaping technology use and development. They consider design, use, and reuse of technological tools, including databases, GPS devices, books, and computers, in locations that range from Australia and New Guinea to Germany and the United States.ContributorsPoline Bala, Alan Blackwell, Wade Chambers, Michael Christie, Hildegard Diemberger, Stephen Hugh-Jones, James Leach, Jerome Lewis, Dawn Nafus, Gregers Petersen, Marilyn Strathern, David Turnbull, Helen Verran, Laura Watts, Lee Wilson

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The MIT Press,MIT Press

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Anthropology & Archaeology

/ Case studies

/ Community development

/ Community development-Case studies

/ Computers and civilization

/ Economics

/ General Science