Autonomy, Order, and Infrastructuring: A Study on the Appropriation of Digital Technology Systems in Oaxaca

自治、秩序和基础设施：瓦哈卡州数字技术系统占用研究

• 批准号: 2442777
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Royal Holloway University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2442777
• 关键词: Autonomy; Order; Infrastructuring; Study; Appropriation

The purpose of this project is to consider how expressions of autonomy, and accompanying security practices, are affected by the introduction of digital technologies. In centring autonomy as an organising principle, this project explores how digital technologies are appropriated and adapted by networks of actors, and how these networks articulate their values into material social orders. RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1) How have articulations of autonomy in Oaxaca been affected by the introduction of digital technologies?2) How do ideas of security inform the development of digital technologies in these autonomous spaces?3) What do these processes of digital development reveal about how collaborative forms of social order are negotiated and constructed within autonomous communities?APPROACH: To address these questions, this project comprises a two-part process. First, a remote fieldwork study, consisting of a literature scoping study to identify research gaps, and a subsequent qualitative document analysis using resources gathered via relevant web pages. These materials are analysed through a qualitative reflexive thematic approach. This portion of the project serves as a mechanism to collect data and gather hypotheses, rigorously grounding my project and informing qualitative interviews in the field. This study then moves into on-the-ground fieldwork, consisting of a series of interviews with NGO communities in Oaxaca, informed by wider contextual observation. Again, these interviews are analysed through a qualitative reflexive thematic approach.NOVEL CONTRIBUTION: This study explicitly grounds itself in autonomous organisational settings. These settings often challenge conventional understandings of technological design and implementation. This study provides qualitative insights into practical technological appropriation in non-western contexts, observing the conditions that shape real-world socio-technical infrastructures and orderings. Within the EPSRC Research Areas, this work contributes findings towards the fields of Human communication in ICT, and Human-computer interaction. From a strategic perspective, this research provides insights into alternative mechanisms of technological design and use, which might both inform and challenge existing visions for digital futures.

该项目的目的是考虑如何表达的自主权，并伴随着安全的做法，受到数字技术的引入。该项目以自主权为组织原则，探索数字技术如何被行为者网络所利用和适应，以及这些网络如何将其价值观表达为物质社会秩序。研究问题：1）数字技术的引入如何影响了瓦哈卡自治的表达？2)安全理念如何为这些自主空间中的数字技术发展提供信息？3)这些数字化发展的过程揭示了社会秩序的合作形式是如何在自治社区内协商和构建的？方法：为了解决这些问题，该项目包括两个部分的过程。首先，远程实地考察研究，包括文献范围研究，以确定研究差距，以及随后的定性文件分析使用通过相关网页收集的资源。这些材料是通过一个定性的反思性主题的方法进行分析。该项目的这一部分作为一种机制来收集数据和收集假设，严格接地我的项目，并通知在该领域的定性访谈。本研究然后进入实地实地考察，包括一系列的采访与非政府组织社区在瓦哈卡，通过更广泛的背景观察。再次，这些采访进行了分析，通过一个定性的自反性的主题approaches.Novel贡献：这项研究明确的理由本身在自治组织设置。这些环境往往挑战对技术设计和实施的传统理解。这项研究提供了定性的见解，在非西方背景下的实际技术挪用，观察现实世界的社会技术基础设施和秩序的形状的条件。在EPSRC的研究领域内，这项工作为ICT中的人类交流和人机交互领域提供了研究成果。从战略的角度来看，这项研究提供了对技术设计和使用的替代机制的见解，这可能会为数字未来的现有愿景提供信息和挑战。