1st Edition
The Social Context of Technological Experiences Three Studies from India
Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: From Stately Temples of Modernity to Sleek Silver Bullets
2. A Network Study of Two Handloom Weavers’ Clusters
3. Community Social Capital and Inherited Cohesive Networks
4. Subaltern Castes and the Promise of ICTs
5. Unpacking a Convergence and Exploring New Digital Divides
6. A Technological Panacea for Women Garbage Collectors
With Neethi P. and Saloni Mundra
7. Final Thoughts
Index
Biography
Anant Kamath is a social scientist based in Bangalore, India. He has taught development, social research, and technological change at Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Previously, he was a scholar at the United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) in The Netherlands, the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram, and the Madras School of Economics. His research interests are in the economic sociology of technological change and experiences, and in the political economy of development. He is also involved in the western classical music scene in Bangalore.
