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- Title
Nomadism and intermittent ubiquity in ‘off the grid' Shuar people.
- Authors
Agra, Saleta De Salvador; Martínez Suárez, Yolanda
- Abstract
Media ecology suggests that the anyone, anywhere, anytime slogan of the ubiquitous society characterizes our times. A priori, mobile technology in the “digital ecosystem" fits this circumstance. However, if we delocalize to a remote area, this initial assumption changes. Results of a case study analyzing the use and appropriation of mobile phones in the indigenous Amazon Shuar communities show a different reality that could be labeled ‘intermittent ubiquity'. How does the delocalization facilitated by mobile telephones affect a remote area? How do Ecuadorian Shuars appropriate digital mobile technology? How does technological novelty become apparent in a context that is currently ‘off the grid'? These questions drive our interest in examining the three premises of the ubiquitous society slogan in this specific context.
- Subjects
OFF-the-grid living; SHUAR (South American people); NOMADS; ALTERNATIVE lifestyles; CELL phones; INDIGENOUS peoples
- Publication
Communication & Society, 2015, p87
- ISSN
2386-7876
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15581/003.28.4.87-107