21st century mexican culture
21st century mexican society
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anthropology
Author_Roberto J. Gonzalez
autonomous cell phone network
autonomy
backlash
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cell network
cell phone network
communication
community
connections
digital age
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getting connected
historical context
indigenous peoples
ingenuity
innovation
mexican pueblo
mexico
mobile technologies
native peoples
networks
oaxaca
oaxaca mountain village
rural latin america
sheer determination
social anthropology
technology
tragedy
tribulation
triumph
virtual worlds
Product details
- ISBN 9780520344204
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 140 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 10 Aug 2020
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Roberto J. González is chair of the Department of Anthropology at San José State University. He is the author of several books, including Zapotec Science: Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca.
