[Air-L] Computer usage by low-income people in emerging countries

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You may have interest in the work that Dr Dawn Nafus did on emerging  
markets and technology adoption, especially her Technology Metabolism  
Index.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/06/intel-anthropol/

Cheers,
Sharon



Sharon Greenfield
Digital Ethnographer
@SharonG

On Oct 4, 2009, at 6:44 PM, Dan Perkel wrote:

> While not on the subject of low-income people or home use, Yuri  
> Takhtayev's
> recently completed dissertation on software development in Brazil  
> might have
> some interesting present-day and historical information that would
> complement your study and point you in interesting directions. I  
> think there
> is also an interesting take on inequality and reproduction at a  
> global level
> that you might find thought-provoking.
> See:
> http://takhteyev.org/dissertation/
>
> See especially Part II for historical material.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dan
>
> Dan Perkel
> PhD Candidate
> School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media
> UC Berkeley
> http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/dperkel
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Jayr Pimentel <jayrpimentel at hotmail.com 
> >wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am curretly studying how low-income people have been using  
>> computers at
>> home (i.e. applications like internet browsers, e-mail, msn, skype,
>> facebook, office package, twitter, dowloading, blogging etc) as an  
>> attempt
>> to understand social inequalities reproduction and digital  
>> inclusion. I am
>> currently investigating Brazil, where low-income people have now  
>> enough
>> money to buy computers due to credit availability (I may shift my  
>> attention
>> to India and China afterwards). I would appreciate if any of you  
>> send me any
>> hints in terms of related bibliography I should not miss like books,
>> articles, papers, etc. Any contacts you know they are currently  
>> working on
>> the following areas: computer usage, inequalities, digital inclusion,
>> computer and social interaction and computer versus other  
>> electronic devices
>> (like mobile phones) are very welcome.
>>
>> I am currently doing the ethnographic part of the project so I  
>> would be
>> glad to share some initial findings with those colleagues  
>> interested in.
>> Also, I can send my project's abstract and interview guides for  
>> those who
>> may want to have a look at them.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jay Pimentel
>> Masters - Department of Sociology
>> University of Sao Paulo
>> jayrpimentel at hotmail.com
>>
>>
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