Steel, Griet (2015) ‘The world in your hands’: smartphones and women’s connectivity in Sudan. Parenting for a Digital Future (04 Nov 2015). Website.
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Abstract
Griet Steel explores women’s digital connections in Sudan, where women’s physical mobility is very much restricted as a result of traditional gender norms. Griet explores the significance of smartphones in family relationships across physical distance and discusses the associated limitations and possibilities for empowerment. Griet is a cultural anthropologist and postdoctoral fellow at KU Leuven the who works on new technologies in urban Africa.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY 3.0 |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman L Education > L Education (General) T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2017 09:07 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 14:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/76287 |
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