Technology of the oppressed inequity and the digital mundane in favelas of Brazil

Technology of the oppressed : inequity and the digital mundane in favelas of Brazil / David Nemer.

Author/creator	Nemer, David, 1983-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Description	xi, 218 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs
Subject(s)	Information technology--Social aspects --Brazil. Information society--Brazil. Digital divide--Brazil. Internet and the poor--Brazil. Slums--Brazil. Poor--Brazil. Marginality, Social--Brazil. Brazil--Social conditions --1985-

Series	The information society series
Contents	Repairing the broken city -- Community technology centers as mundane technologies -- Social media for survival -- Proud faveladas : resisting gendered oppression in territory of good -- Geographies of oppression : uncovering spaces of silencing -- Technology of the oppressor -- Technology of hope : reliving technology of the oppressed.
Abstract	"A look at the role technology (ICTs) plays in the lives of Brazilian favela dwellers, which the author explores through his own notion of "mundane technologies""-- Provided by publisher.
General note	"Winner of the Marcel Roche Prize, Latin American Association of Social Studies of Science and Technology (ESOCITE), 2022"--Publisher's note.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-209) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2021023066
ISBN	9780262543347 (paperback)

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