The appropriation of mobile phones by women in the context of gender relations in Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Pakistan)

该项目将研究吉尔吉特-巴尔的斯坦(巴基斯坦北部)高山地区妇女使用移动电话的情况。吉尔吉特-巴尔的斯坦的社会以强烈的性别隔离为特征，然而，根据与不同穆斯林群体的从属关系，这种隔离是值得警惕的。因此，逊尼派和什叶派家庭比伊斯梅尔人严格得多。该项目偏离了这样一种假设，即几年前引入该地区的移动电话可以大大扩大妇女的交流范围，从而扩大她们的社会关系和互动领域，但妇女使用和使用移动电话仍然取决于特定群体中的主要性别关系，即男子(特别是父亲和兄弟)往往严格控制妇女的空间。该项目将研究妇女如何使用移动电话(挪用)，以及移动电话的引入在多大程度上以及如何改变了吉尔吉特-巴尔的斯坦的性别关系。通过研究移动电话的性别分配情况，该项目旨在促进吉尔吉特-巴尔的斯坦性别问题的研究。

This project will study the appropriation of mobile phones by women in the high-mountain area of Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Pakistan). Gilgit-Baltistan's society is characterised by strong gender segregation which waries, however, according to affiliation with different Muslim groups. Thus, it is much stricter among Sunni and Shia families than among Ismailis. The project departs from the hypothesis that mobile phones which were introduced to the area a few years ago may considerably extend the women's range of communication, and thus their realm of social relations and interaction, but that the use and appropriation of mobile phones by women is nevertheless determined by the predominant gender relations within specific groups, i.e. by the often strict control of the women's space by men (especially fathers and brothers). The project will research how women make use of the mobile phone (appropriation) and to what extend and how the introduction of mobile phones is changing gender relations in Gilgit-Baltistan. Through researching the gender-specific appropriation of mobile phones the project aims at contributing to research on gender in Gilgit-Baltistan.