Anant Kamath

The Social Context of Technological Experiences (eBook, PDF)

Three Studies from India

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Produktbeschreibung

This book demonstrates how technology and society shape one another and that there are intrinsic connections between technological experiences and social relationships by a study of three urban groups in India: traditional caste-based handloom weavers, subaltern Dalit communities, and informal female labour.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000072204
• Artikelnr.: 59379547

Autorenporträt

Anant Kamath is a social scientist based in Bangalore, India. He has taught development, social research, and technological change at Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Previously, he was a scholar at the United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in The Netherlands, the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, and the Madras School of Economics. His research interests are in the economic sociology of technological change and experiences, and in the political economy of development. He is also involved in the western classical music scene in Bangalore.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: From Stately Temples of Modernity to Sleek Silver Bullets
2. A Network Study of Two Handloom Weavers' Clusters 3. Community Social
Capital and Inherited Cohesive Networks 4. Subaltern Castes and the Promise
of ICTs 5. Unpacking a Convergence and Exploring New Digital Divides 6. A
Technological Panacea for Women Garbage Collectors With Neethi P. and
Saloni Mundra 7. Final Thoughts