cellphone — Projects

Emerging Communication Practices in a rural village in Oaxaca, Mexico

I started conducting ethnography in Bicuhini, Oaxaca, in 2007. After the first visit I became fascinated by how the caseta telefonica, the only landline into the village, played a central role in how families communicated with their loved one in the US.

2007tricia wangJanuary 21, 2011ICTs, cellphone, communications, digital, immigrants, mexico, migrating, migration, mobiles, oaxaca, technology

Unreachable Cellphones: Limitations of Collect Calls for Immigrant detainees in Federal Detention Centers

Undocumented immigrant detainees in federal detention centers are experiencing great difficulties in reaching their family or relatives in their home country. As cellphone ownership in less evenly developed countries becomes more ubiquitous, many people are only reachable via their cellphones.

2008tricia wangJanuary 21, 2011cell phone, cellphone, cellphones, communication, detainees, detention centers, families, immigrant, mobiles