: : Author: Daniel Miller, UCL. He is also a member of the Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (‘ASSA’) team. Fieldsite: Cuan (pseudonym), a small town on […]
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Managing the constant influx of information during the COVID-19 pandemic
: : Author: Erika Pathó is a medical anthropologist and an alumna of the University of Heidelberg. She can be contacted at erika.patho@gmail.com. Fieldsite: The […]
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: : Author: Charlotte Hawkins, PhD researcher at UCL Anthropology. Charlotte is also a member of the Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing (ASSA) team. Fieldsite: A small […]
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Dealing with information overload
Author: Andrea Friedmann Rozenbaum, MSc, Anthropologist, University of Amsterdam alumna Field site: In isolation, on the north-coast of São Paulo (Brazil), in the hinterland of a sea-side […]
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Radio loyalty in the digital age
Author: Victoria Irisarri, postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Altos Estudios Sociales/CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas). Lecturer in Anthropology at University of Buenos Aires. […]
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Internet Use Amongst Japan’s Elderly in the Age of the Coronavirus
Author: Julia Nagai, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) alumna Fieldsite: Sakai, a small city located just south of Osaka, Japan. Sakai is located in […]
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Coronavirus in Japan: smartphones and keeping self-informed
“I am ashamed of our government” messaged Inoue san*, a 65 year old woman from Osaka. She is retired and has been staying at home […]
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