Sociality Revisited The Use Of The Internet And Mobile Phones In Urban Cameroon
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Sociality Revisited The Use Of The Internet And Mobile Phones In Urban Cameroon
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Author : Bettina Anja Frei
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2013
Sociality Revisited The Use Of The Internet And Mobile Phones In Urban Cameroon written by Bettina Anja Frei and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Computers categories.
This book draws on the perspectives of non-migrants and urban youth in Bamenda, in the Northwest region of Cameroon, as well as on the views of Cameroonian migrants in Switzerland, to explore the meaning and role of New Media in the negotiation of sociality in transnational migration. New Media facilitated connectedness serve as a privileged lens through which Cameroonians, home and away, scrutinise and mediate sociality. In this rich ethnography, Bettina Frei describes how the internet and mobile phones are adopted by migrants and their non-migrant counterparts in order to maintain transnational relationships, and how the specific medialities of these communication technologies in turn impact on transnational sociality. Contrary to popular presumptions that New Media are experienced as mainly connecting and enabling, this study reveals that in a transnational context in particular, New Media serve to mediate tensions in transnational social ties. The expectations of being connected go hand in hand with an awareness of social and geographical distance and separation.
Urban Life Worlds In Motion
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Author : Hans Peter Hahn
language : en
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Release Date : 2014-03-31
Urban Life Worlds In Motion written by Hans Peter Hahn and has been published by transcript Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-31 with Social Science categories.
Urban agglomerations host the most vital and creative societies. This applies particularly to Africa, where cities have the highest growth rates world-wide and where the urban population is younger than anywhere else. Urban life-worlds are the basis for the development of new lifestyles and new cultural phenomena. Based on empirical ethnographic research, this book presents case studies that enhance our understanding of the dynamics of urbanity in Africa and beyond - by envisioning cities as crossroads where cultures, biographies and networks meet.
Being Available And Reachable
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Author : Primus Mbeanwoah Tazanu
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012
Being Available And Reachable written by Primus Mbeanwoah Tazanu and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Computers categories.
The book investigates what have become of Cameroonian transnational family and friendship ties in the age of the mobile phone and the internet that make people readily available and reachable. Most theoretical literature states that these tools of sociality cement transnational social relationships through instantaneous interaction. To capture the different experiences and impressions on the significance of these media in easing communication for migrants and non-migrants, Tazanu draws on ethnographic accounts based on his fieldwork in Freiburg (Germany) and Buea (Cameroon). He argues that it is mainly the migrants who maintain or are expected to maintain ties with non-migrants back in Cameroon through calls and material support. The main finding of the study is that cell phones and the internet have facilitated discontents, grudges, insults, fights, avoidance, arguments and estrangement of relationships much more than they have contributed to binding friends or families through direct mediation. Underlying these aspects of distanciation are the high expectations and sometimes contradictory motives for instant virtual interaction. Non-migrants' accounts suggest that direct availability and reachability should lead to uninterrupted transnational interaction and also that the cultural practices of remittances from migrants are easily requested and coordinated. Such motives are generally contrary to migrants' wishes, willingness or ability to support friends and families in Cameroon. These unexpected outcomes arising from rapid speed of interaction questions the advantages that are often associated with instant sociality across space and time. The finding is a call for the cultural background and life-world experiences of media users to be taken into consideration when theorising the significance of information technology in the debate on media globalisation.
Regimes Of Mobility
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Author : Noel B. Salazar
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-08-25
Regimes Of Mobility written by Noel B. Salazar and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-25 with Social Science categories.
Mobility studies emerged from a postmodern moment in which global ‘flows’ of capital, people and objects were increasingly noted and celebrated. Within this new scholarship, categories of migrancy are all seen through the same analytical lens. This book builds on, as well as critiques, past and present studies of mobility. In so doing, it challenges conceptual orientations built on binaries of difference that have impeded analyses of the interrelationship between mobility and stasis. These include methodological nationalism, which counterpoises concepts of internal and international movement and native and foreigner, and consequently normalises stasis. Instead, the book proposes a ‘regimes of mobility’ framework that addresses the relationships between mobility and immobility, localisation and transnational connection, experiences and imaginaries of migration, and rootedness and cosmopolitan openness. Within this framework and its emphasis on social fields of differential power, the various contributors to this collection ethnographically explore the disparities, inequalities, racialised representations and national mythscapes that facilitate and legitimate differential mobility and fixity. Although they examine nation-state building processes, the anthropological analysis is not confined by national boundaries. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.
The African Book Publishing Record
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The African Book Publishing Record written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Africa categories.
Me And My Cell Phone
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Author : Crystal Powell
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2012
Me And My Cell Phone written by Crystal Powell and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Computers categories.
Kindled by her own intimate history with her cell phone and a growing curiosity about information and communication technologies in general, Powell discusses her thoughts, reactions to and interpretations of some of the literature on these technologies. She draws on and reviews contributions by some authors on the social shaping of ICTs and social media to offer a more complete understanding of technology in relation to those who use and are used by it. From publisher description.
Reimagining Our Futures Together
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Author : International Commission on the Futures of Education
language : en
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Release Date : 2021-11-06
Reimagining Our Futures Together written by International Commission on the Futures of Education and has been published by UNESCO Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-06 with Political Science categories.
The interwoven futures of humanity and our planet are under threat. Urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures.
Regression Models
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Author : Richard Breen
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 1996-01-09
Regression Models written by Richard Breen and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-09 with Mathematics categories.
This book provides an introduction to the regression models needed, where an outcome variable for a sample is not representative of the population from which a generalized result is sought.
The Network Society
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Author : Manuel Castells
language : en
Publisher: Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University
Release Date : 2006
The Network Society written by Manuel Castells and has been published by Center for Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Computers categories.
This volume explores the patterns and dynamics of the network society in its policy dimension, ranging from the knowledge economic, based in technology and innovation, to the organizational reform and modernization in the public sector, focusing also the media and communication policies. The Network Society is our society, a society made of individuals, businesses and state operating from the local, national and into the international arena.
Culture Urban Future
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Author : UNESCO
language : en
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Release Date : 2016-12-31
Culture Urban Future written by UNESCO and has been published by UNESCO Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-31 with Cities and towns categories.
Report presents a series of analyses and recommendations for fostering the role of culture for sustainable development. Drawing on a global survey implemented with nine regional partners and insights from scholars, NGOs and urban thinkers, the report offers a global overview of urban heritage safeguarding, conservation and management, as well as the promotion of cultural and creative industries, highlighting their role as resources for sustainable urban development. Report is intended as a policy framework document to support governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development and the New Urban Agenda.