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Autore: | Powell Crystal |
Titolo: | Rethinking marginality in South Africa : mobile phones and the concept of belonging in Langa Township / / Crystal Powell |
Pubblicazione: | Bamenda, Cameroon : , : Langaa Research & Publishing Common Initiative Group, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
Disciplina: | 621.3845 |
Soggetto topico: | Mobile communication systems - South Africa |
Cell phones - South Africa | |
Soggetto geografico: | South Africa Social conditions |
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 Langa�s Categorical Marginality""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4 - ICTS And The Development Of Langa Residents: A �Marginal� 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 Africa�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"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Rethinking marginality in South Africa |
ISBN: | 9956-792-51-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817868903321 |
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