In A Village Goes Mobile, Sirpa Tenhunen examines how the mobile telephone has
contributed to social change in rural India. Tenhunen's long-term ethnographic fieldwork in …

Throughout the developing world, households are diversifying their livelihood activities to
manage risk and improve their lives. Many studies have focused on the material causes and …

The moral economy of mobile phones implies a field of shifting relations among consumers,
companies and state actors, all of whom have their own ideas about what is good, fair and …

I am most indebted to the people of Solomon Islands and especially the villagers of
Gwou'ulu who welcomed me into their lives as a friend. We shared life together and all the …

Over the past thirty years, externally-driven interventions for climate-change adaptation in
rural Pacific Island contexts have largely failed to be effective or sustained. One reason is …

This exploratory study investigates the encounters and everyday experiences with the
Facebook algorithm of 18 informants in Yangon, Myanmar. It draws on domestication theory …

This article looks at the unfolding smartphone app adoption culture in Yangon, Myanmar
with insights from 18 informant interviews, 3 informal interviews, and nonparticipant …

This paper examines the potential benefits and pitfalls of mobile phones for accessing social
services, particularly in response to gender‐based violence, in Solomon Islands and Papua …

From time immemorial, transhumant livestock farmers have continued to work in the
countryside, living an intense and symbolic form of social distancing. Their work consists of …

Based on twelve months of multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, this article investigates the
offline circulation of digital media files in Solomon Islands. It explores how circular temporary …