Rethinking marginality in South Africa : mobile phones and the concept of belonging in Langa Township / / Crystal Powell

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465807403321
• Autore: Powell Crystal
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 9956-792-51-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.3845
• Soggetti: Mobile communication systems - South Africa; Cell phones - South Africa; Electronic books.; South Africa Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 - ICTS, Migration, Mobility, and Belonging: An Introduction""; ""Introduction""; ""Background to the Study""; ""Statement of the Problem""; ""Purpose and Rationale of the Study""; ""Significance Of The Study""; ""Conceptual Framework""; ""Research Questions""; ""Delimitations""; ""Assumptions""; ""Outline Of The Remainder Of The Book""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 2 - Digging In And Being Dug Into By Langa: An Ethnographic Approach""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Entering The Field""; ""Selection Of Participants""""Ethical Considerations""; ""Data Collection""; ""Data Analysis""; ""Limitations And Challenges""; ""Reflexivity""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3 - Everyday Life In Langa: Ethnographic Snapshots""; ""Introduction""; ""Do Marginal Spaces Produce Marginal People?""; ""Introducing Langa Township""; ""Langa: Ethnographic Snapshots""; ""Perceptions Of Langa As A Marginal Population In Cape Town""; ""Questioning Langaâ€?s Categorical Marginality""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4 - ICTS And The Development Of Langa Residents: A â€?Marginalâ€? Mobile Population""; ""Introduction""""Some Practical Uses Of ICTS In Langa""; ""Revealing The Margins Within The “Margins"" ""; ""The Mobile Phone As A Rite-Of-Passage In Langa""; ""ICTS And The Development Of Langa: A MobilePopulation""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5 - ICTS And The Mitigation Of Distance For Langa Residents""; ""Introduction""; ""Communication In Langa Before The Introduction Of Mobile Technology""; ""The Adoption Of Mobile Phones By Langa Residents""; ""Mobile Phones And The Mitigation Of Distance For Langa Residents""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 6 - The Impact Of ICTS On New Socio-Economic Relations In Langa""""Introduction""; ""South Africaâ€?s Economy In Historical Perspective""; ""Mobility, Migration And Globalization In South Africa""; ""Information And Communication Technologies For Development (ICTD)""; ""ICTS And Their Contribution To Socio-Economic Development""; ""ICTS And New Socio-Economic Relations In Langa""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 7 - Redefining Socio-Political Relations Through ICTS In Langa""; ""Introduction""; ""Citizenship And Belonging""; ""Civic And Political Marginality""; ""Housing: A Human Rights Struggle In South Africa""""Social Media As A Tool For Activism""; ""Redefining Socio-Political Relations Through ICTS InLanga""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 8: Conclusion""; ""Summary Conclusions""; ""Research Findings""; ""Recommendations For Further Research""; ""Reference List""; ""Appendices""; ""Appendix 1: Excerpt From Me And My Cell Phone""; ""Appendix 2: Meet The Participants""; ""Appendix 3: Loliwe Lyrics""; ""Back cover""