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Author González, Roberto J. (Roberto Jesús), 1969- author.

Title Connected : how a Mexican village built its own cell phone network / Roberto J. González
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Connected -- Innovation -- Enchanted -- Networks -- Backlash -- Posts -- Aftereffects -- Outro (Reconnected)
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis 21st century mexican culture
21st century mexican society
anthropology
autonomous cell phone network
autonomy
backlash
cell network
cell phone network
communication
community
connections
digital age
getting connected
historical context
indigenous peoples
ingenuity
innovation
mexican pueblo
mexico
mobile technologies
native peoples
networks
oaxaca mountain village
oaxaca
rural latin america
sheer determination
social anthropology
technology
tragedy
tribulation
triumph
virtual worlds
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 17, 2020)
Subject Cell phone systems -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State)
Cell phone systems -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- Oaxaca (State)
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Cell phone systems
Cell phone systems -- Social aspects
Mexico -- Oaxaca (State)
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019058006
ISBN 0520975405
9780520975408