Herding by Mobile Phone: Technology, Social Networks and the "Transformation" of Pastoral Herding in East Africa
Herding by Mobile Phone: Technology, Social Networks and the "Transformation" of Pastoral Herding in East Africa
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10.1007/s10745-014-9710-4
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2015-02-01
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Butt, Bilal
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作者：
Butt, Bilal
在过去的十年里，撒哈拉以南非洲依赖手机的人数迅速增长。移动电话在农村畜牧业社区的无处不在，被认为在不同社会群体管理其生计战略面临的社会、政治和环境挑战时，将“改变”或“革命”不同社会群体的互动方式。这项在肯尼亚牧民中进行的研究考察了使用手机的政治、经济、生态和社会空间环境，并将这些环境置于先前存在的资源斗争中，以了解牧民使用手机的普遍性。结果表明，虽然使用移动电话放牧的情况很普遍，但信息共享的程度和效果受到先前存在的进入禁止放牧地点的社会斗争的强烈影响。
Over the last decade, the number of people who rely on mobile phones in sub-Saharan Africa has grown rapidly. The ubiquity of mobile phones in rural livestock communities is thought to "transform" or "revolutionize" the way different social groups interact as they manage social, political and environmental challenges to their livelihood strategies. This research among pastoralists in Kenya examines the political, economic, ecological and socio-spatial contexts in which mobile phones are used and places these contexts within pre-existing resource struggles in order to understand the prevalence of mobile phone use among pastoralists. Results indicate that, while the use of mobile phones for herding is widespread, the extent and efficacy of information sharing is strongly influenced by pre-existing social struggles to gain access to prohibited grazing locations.