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Technologies of refuge and displacement : rethinking digital divides
- Title
- Technologies of refuge and displacement : rethinking digital divides / Linda Leung.
- Author
- Leung, Linda
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-138) and index.
- Contents
- Part I: Introduction. 1. What's Technology Got to Do with Refugees? -- 2. Background and Methodology -- 3. Digital Divides: A Review of Literature -- Part II: Digital Dichotomies. 4. Netizens and Asylum Seekers as Cultural Citizens -- 5. Technological and Social Determinism -- Part III: Alternative Models. 6. The Strength of Weak Ties -- 7. Actor Network Theory -- 8. Hierarchies of Technology Literacy -- Part IV: Practices and Principles. 9. Accessibility: Moving Beyond the Disability Paradigm -- 10. User-Centered Design -- 11. UCD Principles in Practice.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-399
- ISBN
- 1498500021
- 9781498500029
- LCCN
- 2018936924
- OCLC
- 1027831899
- Author
- Leung, Linda, author.
- Title
- Technologies of refuge and displacement : rethinking digital divides / Linda Leung.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Description
- xi, 141 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-138) and index.
- Summary
- "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 well-known 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781498500036
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-399