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Title: | Nomadismandintermittentubiquityin‘offthegrid’Shuarpeople |
Other Titles: | Communication and Society |
Authors: | De-Salvado-Agra, Saleta Martínez-Súarez, Yolanda |
Keywords: | nomadism modal phones |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Communication and Society |
Citation: | De-Salvado-Agra, S. and Martínez-Suárez, Y. (2015)Nomadism and Intermittent Ubiquity in ‘Off the Grid’ Shuar People. Communication & Society 28(4), 87-107 https://doi.org/10.15581/003.28.35943 |
Abstract: | Media ecology suggests that the anyone, anywhere, anytime slogan of the ubiquitous society characterizes our times. A priori, mobile technology in the “digital ecosystem” fits this circumstance. However, if we delocalize to a remote area, this initial assumption changes. Results of a case study analyzing the use and appropriation of mobile phones in the indigenous Amazon Shuar communities show a different reality that could be labeled ‘intermittent ubiquity’. How does the delocalization facilitated by mobile telephones affect a remote area? Howdo Ecuadorian Shuars appropriate digital mobile technology? How does technological novelty become apparent in a context that is currently ‘off the grid’? These questions drive our interest in examining the three premises of the ubiquitous society slogan in this specific context. |
URI: | https://repositorio.consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec//handle/CONSEJO_REP/3819 |
ISSN: | 2386-7876 |
Appears in Collections: | Documentos internacionales sobre libertad de expresión y derechos conexos |
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