TECHNOLOGIES OF REFUGE AND DISPLACEMENT

ISBN: 9781498500029 Géneros: JFD Sinópsis: Technologies of Refuge and Displacement Rethinking Digital Divides aims to theoretically and practically understand technology access and use from the perspective of those on the wrong side of the digital divide Specifically it examines refugees as a group that has received scant attention as technology users despite their urgent need for technological access to sustain tenuous links to family and loved ones during displacement It draws from over 100 interviews and surveys with refugees conducted from 2007 to 2011 utilizing this empirical data to interrogate wellknown theories about technology and its users In doing so it seeks to rethink the popular model of digital divide and offer alternative ways of conceptualizing technology literacy and access It examines how principles from design and IT industries can be applied to contexts with constrained availability access and affordability to provide technology services that accommodate users with limited technical and language literacies