With the end of the Cold War and the proliferation of civil wars and "regime changes," the question of nation building has acquired great practical and theoretical urgency. From Eastern Europe to East
At a critical time of democratic reform across many parts of Southeast Asia, Subang Jaya is regarded as Malaysia's electronic governance laboratory. The focus of the study is Subang Jaya's field of re
Lively and wide-ranging, The Rise of Nerd Politics is a anthropological exploration of the role that freedom technologists play in sparking new processes of political change in the digital age. Drawin
Lively and wide-ranging, The Rise of Nerd Politics is a anthropological exploration of the role that freedom technologists play in sparking new processes of political change in the digital age. Drawin
Malaysia was formed from the British colonies Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and Sabah in 1963 in that era's wave of state formation in Africa and Asia. Singapore seceded about two years later, but the re
This volume of the "Anthropology of Media" series links practice theory, already well established in social theory, with media studies, where the practice theory has so far had relatively little impac
The ubiquity of media across the globe has led to an explosion of interest in the ways people around the world use media as part of their everyday lives. This series addresses the need for works that
This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research
This sharp, innovative book champions the rising significance of ethnographic research on the use of digital resources around the world. It contextualises digital and pre-digital ethnographic research
