Subversion, conversion, development cross-cultural knowledge exchange and the politics of design

This volume explores alternative cultural encounters with and around information technologies, encounters that counter dominant, Western-oriented notions of media consumption. The contributors include media practices as forms of cultural resistance and subversion, 'DIY cultures', and other...

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Other Authors: Wilson, Lee (Editor), Leach, James (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts The MIT Press 2014
Series:Infrastructures Series
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