Connected
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Connected

How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network

Roberto J. González

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  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Connected

How a Mexican Village Built Its Own Cell Phone Network

Roberto J. González

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About This Book

This is the true story of how, against all odds, a remote Mexican pueblo built its own autonomous cell phone network—without help from telecom companies or the government. Anthropologist Roberto J. González paints a vivid and nuanced picture of life in a Oaxaca mountain village and the collective tribulation, triumph, and tragedy the community experienced in pursuit of getting connected. In doing so, this book captures the challenges and contradictions facing Mexico's indigenous peoples today, as they struggle to wire themselves into the 21st century using mobile technologies, ingenuity, and sheer determination. It also holds a broader lesson about the great paradox of the digital age, by exploring how constant connection through virtual worlds can hinder our ability to communicate with those around us.

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Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780520975408
Edition
1
Topic
Sozialwissenschaften
Subtopic
Kultur- & Sozialanthropologie

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APA 6 Citation

González, R. (2020). Connected (1st ed.). University of California Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1699347/connected-how-a-mexican-village-built-its-own-cell-phone-network-pdf (Original work published 2020)

Chicago Citation

González, Roberto. (2020) 2020. Connected. 1st ed. University of California Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1699347/connected-how-a-mexican-village-built-its-own-cell-phone-network-pdf.

Harvard Citation

González, R. (2020) Connected. 1st edn. University of California Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1699347/connected-how-a-mexican-village-built-its-own-cell-phone-network-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

González, Roberto. Connected. 1st ed. University of California Press, 2020. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.