Online Philanthropy in the Global North and South: Connecting, Microfinancing, and Gaming for Change offers a critical examination how online philanthropy operates through digital connectivity, affective networks of well-meaning digital givers, and the commodification of poverty through what is conceptualized as the "digital subaltern." Chapters examine a range of online philanthropy settings such as online microfinance platforms and games for change, with case studies revealing unseen problems in how digital inclusion and financialization are attempted through the joint forces of NGOization and ITization.…mehr
Online Philanthropy in the Global North and South: Connecting, Microfinancing, and Gaming for Change offers a critical examination how online philanthropy operates through digital connectivity, affective networks of well-meaning digital givers, and the commodification of poverty through what is conceptualized as the "digital subaltern." Chapters examine a range of online philanthropy settings such as online microfinance platforms and games for change, with case studies revealing unseen problems in how digital inclusion and financialization are attempted through the joint forces of NGOization and ITization.
Radhika Gajjala is Professor of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University, Ohio. Her previous books include Cyberculture and the Subaltern (Lexington, 2012) and Cyberselves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women (Altamira, 2004). She has co-edited collections including Cyberfeminism 2.0 (Peter Lang 2012), Global Media Culture and Identity (Routledge 2011), South Asian Technospaces (Peter Lang 2008) and Webbing Cyberfeminist Practice (Hampton Press2008). She is also a member of the Fembot Collective and FemTechnet and is co-editor of ADA: Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology.
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Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Digital Subalternity and Online Philanthropy Section I: 1. Dotcom Entrepreneurs to Digital Philanthropists with Jeanette M. Dillon 2. NGOization and ITization Intersect Online Section II: Introduction to Section II 3. Staging the Subaltern Other and the Subaltern Self: Digital Labor and Digital Leisure in ICT4D with Dinah Tetteh and Anca Birzescu 4. Digital Materialities: Inclusion and Access with Dinah Tetteh and Anca Birzescu 5. Networked affect in Online Philanthropy with Jeanette Dillon and Anca Birzescu 6. The Gamification of Philanthropy 2.0 and Subaltern Masculinities with Erika Behrmann and Hannah Ackermans Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Contributors
Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: Digital Subalternity and Online Philanthropy Section I: 1. Dotcom Entrepreneurs to Digital Philanthropists with Jeanette M. Dillon 2. NGOization and ITization Intersect Online Section II: Introduction to Section II 3. Staging the Subaltern Other and the Subaltern Self: Digital Labor and Digital Leisure in ICT4D with Dinah Tetteh and Anca Birzescu 4. Digital Materialities: Inclusion and Access with Dinah Tetteh and Anca Birzescu 5. Networked affect in Online Philanthropy with Jeanette Dillon and Anca Birzescu 6. The Gamification of Philanthropy 2.0 and Subaltern Masculinities with Erika Behrmann and Hannah Ackermans Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Contributors
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