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Record Nr.

UNINA9910736016103321

Autore

Hanckel Benjamin

Titolo

LGBT+ Youth and Emerging Technologies in Southeast Asia : Designing for Wellbeing / / by Benjamin Hanckel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

981-9943-94-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 pages)

Collana

Perspectives on Children and Young People, , 2365-2985 ; ; 14

Disciplina

305.2

306.87

Soggetti

Sociology

Social groups

Digital media

Queer theory

Youth - Social life and customs

Educational sociology

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Digital and New Media

Queer Studies

Youth Culture

Sociology of Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Queer Youth and New Technologies in South-East Asia -- Chapter 2. Queer Safe(r) Spaces: Designing Digital Objects -- Chapter 3. Feeling Safe and Secure: The Practices and Experiences of Queer Youth -- Chapter 4. Designing stories for YouTube: Intimate Stories for Multiple Audiences -- Chapter 5. Post-Release: Examining the Impact of the Videos -- Chapter 6. New Technologies: Affect, Risk and Intimacy -- Appendix: Methodology.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the ways in which emerging digital technologies are shaping and changing the worlds of sexuality and gender diverse youth in Southeast Asia. Primarily focused on the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, the book examines the



potential of digital technologies to enhance wellbeing in and across these contexts. Drawing on multi-site ethnographic field research, interviews, survey data, and online content analysis, the book examines the design and use of websites and content by and for LGBT+ youth. The book innovatively interrogates the design of transnational digital wellbeing initiatives, alongside the digital practices of those the technologies are designed for. It illustrates not only the (im)possibilities of technological design, but also the capacity for design to participate in what Hanckel calls ‘(trans)national digital wellbeing’ processes. He asks us to consider the ways that global technologies are contextual—a paradox that is explored throughout the book. The analysis extends important discussions in youth research, contributing to a greater understanding of how LGBT+ youth are engaging new technologies to participate in identity-making, health and wellbeing, as well as political action. It also considers implications for digital wellbeing and digital health promotion efforts globally with young people who experience marginalisation. In doing so the book makes a critical contribution to understanding the ways that transnational digital interventions get deployed and (at times) incorporated into youth practices.