"LAN houses are for boys and Telecenters are for girls:" CTCs as Gendered Spaces

Nemer, David, ""LAN houses are for boys and Telecenters are for girls:" CTCs as Gendered Spaces" 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2016, Ann Arbor, 2016/06/03-06.

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    Author Nemer, David
    Title "LAN houses are for boys and Telecenters are for girls:" CTCs as Gendered Spaces
    Event Series International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
    Publication Date 2016-06-03
    Place of Publication Ann Arbor
    Publisher Association for Computing Machinery
    Pages 999
    Title of Event 8th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, ICTD 2016
    Date of Event 2016/06/03-06
    Place of Event Ann Arbor
    Language eng
    Abstract In every culture men and women differ in their information needs and views about technology. These views, in turn, have an impact on how men and women access and use new technology resources. Although the differences among the sexes are apparent in most contexts, technology deployments continue to be gender indifferent. Based on a 10-month ethnography in Community Technology Centers (CTCs) in the favelas, urban slums, of Brazil, this on going study focuses on the uses of ICTs by favela residents, and develops on the notion of technological space beyond the physical into the domain of space as socially constructed and negotiated, exposing how space can be defined by socially explicit and implicit boundaries.
    UNBIS Thesaurus DEVELOPMENT
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    GENDER
    Keyword Ethnography
    Favela
    Information and communication technology
    Copyright Holder Association for Computing Machinery
    Copyright Year 2016
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    ISBN 9781450343060
    DOI 10.1145/2909609.2909638
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